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This and 4 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Cartouche Designs.

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Print, Design for a Cartouche

This is a Print. It was designed by François Nicolas Martinet and print maker: François Nicolas Martinet. It is dated 1760 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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: Dessiné et Gravé par F.N. Martinet; lettered lower right: en l’année 1760

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower center: Martinet 1760

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Cartouche; Designed by François Nicolas Martinet (French, 1739 - after 1796); etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-399-5

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