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This and 25 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Print, Differentes Figures Chinoises inventées et Dessinées par J. Pillement.

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Print, Man in a Garden

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez and print maker: Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder. It is dated 1773 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.

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: j.j. avril scul. 1773

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate upper right: 3; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 11

Cite this object as

Print, Man in a Garden; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Print Maker: Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder (French, 1744 - 1831); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez; France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-379-11

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