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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, VIIIe CAHIER D’ARABESQUES ET BORDURES, late 18th century.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Fay and print maker: Jean-Baptiste Fay and published by Pierre Jean and Louis-Joseph Mondhare. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Fay inv et sculp / J.B. Fay del et Sculp.; lettered lower center: A Paris chez Mondhare et Jean rue St. Jean de Beauvais pres celle des Noyers N.4

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right: 1; lettered lower center: VIIIe CAHIER D’ARABESQUES ET BORDURES; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 1 / 1921-6-307(1)

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Fay (active 1780 – 1790); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734–1799), Pierre Jean (French, 1754–1829); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-307-1

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