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This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Trophy Designs.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet and published by Gilles Demarteau and print maker: Gilles Demarteau. It is dated 1772 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is crayon manner etching in red ink 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 left: J.B. Hüet 1772; lettered lower center: A Paris ches Demarteau Graveur du Roy rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche; lettered lower right: Demarteau sculp

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Premier Livre de different Trophées; inscribed in graphite below plate, lower right: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet (French, 1745 - 1811); Print Maker: Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; crayon manner etching in red ink on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-322-1

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