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This and 187 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Different Works by LaLonde, Decorator and Designer, Part III.

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Print, Design for a Confessional

This is a Print. It was designed by Richard de Lalonde and published by Johann Martin Will. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off-white 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 lower left, in plate: De La Londe Inv; Lettered lower right, in plate: chez Martin Will à Augsburg

It is inscribed

Printed upper center, in plate: Des Confefsional à la nouvelle Mode.; Printed upper left, in plate: 65. Theil.; Printed upper right, in plate: N.4.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 187 / 1921-6-332 (186)

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Confessional; Designed by Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780–96); Published by Johann Martin Will (German, 1727–1806); France; etching on off-white laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-332-188

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