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Print, Choux de Suede

This is a Print. It was designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and print maker: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and Marguerite Caillou Chéreau. It is dated 1755-68 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: 40 × 23.7 cm (15 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.) Platemark: 23.5 × 17.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.) Image: 22.4 × 17 cm (8 13/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: De Saint Aubin inv. Sculp.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Choux de Suede; inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower right: a enlever

Cite this object as

Print, Choux de Suede; Designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin (French, 1721–1786); Published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755), Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); etching on laid paper; Sheet: 40 × 23.7 cm (15 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.) Platemark: 23.5 × 17.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.) Image: 22.4 × 17 cm (8 13/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-402-12

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