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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Ier CAHIER DE CHIFFRES Inventés par Ranson.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Title Page, ca. 1780

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Ranson and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Etienne Claude Voysard. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and hand colored in watercolor 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 center: A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins aux 2 Piliers d’Or A.P.D.R.; lettered lower right: Voysard Sculp

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: 1er CAHIER DE CHIFFRES/ Inventés par Ranson; numbered in plate, lower right: 1; inscribed in graphite lower left margin: C-5727W

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page, ca. 1780; Designed by Pierre Ranson (French, 1736–1786); Print Maker: Etienne Claude Voysard (French, 1746 - 1812); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); etching and hand colored in watercolor on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-401-1

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