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Print, Coffre a Racine

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean François Forty and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and Jean François Forty and print maker: Jean François Forty and dedicatee: Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon. It is dated 1774–88 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

Lettered in plate, upper center: Coffre a Racine

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Print, Coffre a Racine; Designed by Jean François Forty (active 1775 – 1790); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); Dedicatee: Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon (French, 1774 – 1846); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-310-53

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