Print, Title Page, 1753-1757

This is a Print. It was designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and etched by Étienne Fessard and print maker: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and published by Étienne Fessard. It is dated 1753-1757 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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: 39.4 × 25.3 cm (15 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.) Platemark: 28.8 × 19 cm (11 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.) Image: 24.9 × 18.1 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed center of plate: PREMIER ESSAI / DE / PAPILLONERIES HUMAINES; Printed lower center, in plate: AParis chez Fessard Graveur du Roy rue St. Thomas du Louvre la 3e porte cochere a main gauche en entrant par la place du Palais Royal; Inscribed in graphite, lower center, in margin: 1ère Suite des Papillonerries, En 1er Etat.(Avant la signature de Saint Aubin.); Inscribed in graphite, lower left, vertically in margin: 1; Inscribed in sepia ink, lower right, in margin: Cent quatre vingt quatorze

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