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Print, Ceiling Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Charles Pierre Joseph Normand and print maker: Charles Pierre Joseph Normand and published by François-Étienne Joubert. It is dated 1787–95 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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 : Dessiné & Gravé par C. Normand

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper right: No.3.a

Cite this object as

Print, Ceiling Design; Designed by Charles Pierre Joseph Normand (French, 1765 – 1840); Published by François-Étienne Joubert; France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-372-3

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