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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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Print, Arabesque Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Berthelot 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: Berthelot del; lettered lower right: Guyot direx

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper left: N.3; lettered upper right: 9me Cahier; inscribed in graphite center lower margin: 35

Cite this object as

Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by Berthelot (French, active late 18th century); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); France; etching and aquatint on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-335-35

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