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This and 27 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornamental Ironwork Designs.

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1920

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Print, Ironwork Gate Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques Valentin Fontaine and print maker: Jacques Valentin Fontaine and published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau. It is dated mid- 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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 right: I.V. Fontaine In. & sculp.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left margin: 1921-6-309(23)

Cite this object as

Print, Ironwork Gate Design; Designed by Jacques Valentin Fontaine (French, active 1740 – 1760); Published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-309-23

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