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This and 57 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament Prints: Designs for Girondoles, Candlesticks, Candelabras, Chandeliers, Clocks, Barometers, and Boxes (Caskets).

Object Timeline

1920	We acquired this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
2025	You found it!

Print, Wall Clock (Cartel) Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean François Forty and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: A. Colinet. It is dated 1775–94 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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

Inscribed in graphite in plate, upper right: f; inscribed in graphite lower right: 6; inscribed in graphite lower left: 35; inscribed in graphite lower left margin: 35

Cite this object as

Print, Wall Clock (Cartel) Design; Designed by Jean François Forty (active 1775 – 1790); Print Maker: A. Colinet (French, active 18th century); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-310-37

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Bwxr/
Accession Number 1921-6-310-37
Object ID 18248159