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Print, Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design
This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc and published by Laurent Guyot and print maker: Laurent Guyot. It is dated 1788–89 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is aquatint and etching 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: Leclere del.; lettered lower center: A Paris chez Guyot, Graveur, et Md. D’Estempes rue St. Jacques au Grand Gessner. No. 10 /A.P.D.R; lettered lower right: Guyot Sculp.
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate, upper center : Xe CAHIER D’ARABESQUES ET DE DECORATIONS,/ propres aux Artistes de ce genres; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 5
Cite this object as
Print, Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); Germany; aquatint and etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-337-5