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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Nouveaux Desseins D'Arquebvseries.

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Print, Designs for Firearms Ornament

This is a Print. It was published by Gilles Demarteau and print maker: Gilles Demarteau. It is dated 1749 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.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered within the design for a flintlock: G. De Marte

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, top right margin: 6

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Firearms Ornament; Print Maker: Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-325-7

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