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This and 23 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, 1r CAHIER DE DECORATIONS D’APPARTEMENTS.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Ranson and published by Le Campion Frères and print maker: Jacques Juillet. It is dated 1779–84 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 31.8 × 49.6 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.) Platemark: 27 × 46 cm (10 5/8 × 18 1/8 in.) Image: 26.5 × 45.5 cm (10 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: A Paris chez les Campion Freres, rue Saint Jacques, à la Ville de Rouen

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: 4e. Cahier; lettered lower center: IVe CAHIER DE DECORATIONS D’APPARTEMENTS, Dessinée par Ranson et gravée par Juillet

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Pierre Ranson (French, 1736–1786); Print Maker: Jacques Juillet (French, 1739 - 1784); Published by Le Campion Frères; etching and engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 31.8 × 49.6 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.) Platemark: 27 × 46 cm (10 5/8 × 18 1/8 in.) Image: 26.5 × 45.5 cm (10 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-392-19

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