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1920

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and print maker: Johann Heinrich Hess and published by Pierre-Michel Avaulez and Charles Le Pere. It is dated 1772–77 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 below the title, within the screen: Se vendent chez le Pere et Avaulez AParis; lettered lower left: Pillement de; lettered ower right: Hess Sc.

It is inscribed

Numbered upper right in plate: 1; inscribed in graphite, lower right, below the plate mark: Suite complete de 6 pièces.

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Print Maker: Johann Heinrich Hess (German, 1746 – 1816); Published by Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 – d. 1774); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-382-7

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