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This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album Of Frames, Album of Frame and Cartouche Designs, 18th–early 19th century.

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Album Of Frames, Design for a Frame

This is a Album of frames. It was designed by Jean-Pierre Laurent Houël and print maker: Jean-Pierre Laurent Houël. It is dated 1760 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: j. Hoüel in et Scu. 1760

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite lower center: Hoüel. 1760

Cite this object as

Album Of Frames, Design for a Frame; Designed by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël (French, 1735–1813); etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-400-9

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