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This and 38 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Arabesque Panel Designs.

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Print, L'eau, 1782

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Jean Démosthène Dugourc. It is dated 1782 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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 left: D.G Inv &; lettered lower right: Fecit

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: LEAU; numbered lower right: 4

Cite this object as

Print, L'eau, 1782; Designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749–1825); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-396-37

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