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This and 21 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Print, Album of Architectural Interior Wall Elevations, Plans, and Door Designs.

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was print maker: Pierre Lepautre and published by Jean Mariette. It is dated 1686–1716 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.

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 center: a Paris chez Jean Mariette ruë St. Jacques aux Colonnes d’Hercules. P. le Pautre Sculp.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center: DESSEINS DE PORTES-COCHERES / Nouvellement executées dans les maisons Royales; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1 / 1921-6-353(1); numbered in plate, lower left: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Print Maker: Pierre Lepautre (French, 1652–1716); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-353-1

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