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Bound Print, Le Blessé

This is a Bound 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: 24.5 × 40.2 cm (9 5/8 × 15 13/16 in.) Platemark: 18.3 × 27.5 cm (7 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.) Image: 17.3 × 26.5 cm (6 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate:LE / BLESSÉ; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, vertically, in margin: 2; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in plate: C-6322

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Le Blessé; Designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin (French, 1721–1786); Published by Étienne Fessard (French, 1714–1777); etching on laid paper; Sheet: 24.5 × 40.2 cm (9 5/8 × 15 13/16 in.) Platemark: 18.3 × 27.5 cm (7 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.) Image: 17.3 × 26.5 cm (6 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-402-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Embroidered and Embellished.

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