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This and 40 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Arabesque Designs.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc and print maker: Laurent Guyot. It is dated 1788 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and aquatint 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: Guyot Sculp

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center: VIIme CAHIER D’ARABESQUES./ Dessinés par Mr le Clere

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); France; etching and aquatint on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-335-25

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