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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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Print, Enseigne / Méridien

This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques Valentin Fontaine and published by François Chéreau, the younger. It is dated 1742–55 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 inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: Enseigne; lettered lower center: Méridien; lettered lower center below border: Avec Privilége du Roy; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-6-309(8)

Cite this object as

Print, Enseigne / Méridien; Designed by Jacques Valentin Fontaine (French, active 1740 – 1760); Published by François Chéreau, the younger (French, 1717 – 1755); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-309-8

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