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Print, Pot à l'eau

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Germain and etched by Jean Jacques Pasquier and print maker: Jean Jacques Pasquier and published by Pierre Germain. It is dated 1748 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 24.5 x 18.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.) Platemark: 19.8 x 13.7 cm (7 13/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Per. Germain. in.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Pasquier.

It is inscribed

Printed upper right, in plate: 98; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-313 (98)

Cite this object as

Print, Pot à l'eau; Designed by Pierre Germain (French, 1703 - 1783); Etched by Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died 1785); France; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 24.5 x 18.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.) Platemark: 19.8 x 13.7 cm (7 13/16 x 5 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-313-98

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