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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Goldbox and Etui Designs.

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Print, Snuffbox Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Moreau and print maker: Pierre Moreau and published by Jean-Baptiste Crépy. It is dated 1771 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.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate lower left: Moreau inv. et. Sculp. 1771; lower right: Crepy ex.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate upper right: 2

Cite this object as

Print, Snuffbox Design; Designed by Pierre Moreau (French, 1722 – 1798); Published by Jean-Baptiste Crépy (French, active 1753 – d. 1796); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-369-3

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