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This and 27 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Interior Scene with a Solicitor/ Lawyer Surrounded by Ornament and Names of Parisian Gunmakers

This is a Print. It was designed by C. Jacquinet and print maker: C. Jacquinet. It is dated 1660 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving 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.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate in cartouches surrounding the central image, from lower left to lower right: Druart/A Paris; De Neuf Maisons A Paris; Jean Masson A Paris; Mayer A Paris; Alexandre Masson A Paris; Des Trois Maisons A Paris; Nanty/ A Paris; lettered lower left: F/ Janot par un choix volontaire/ Est mis pour aprendre mettier/ Et Obligé par un Nothaire/ Ches le plus scavant du Cartier/ Quoy que l’art d’Arquebuzerie; lettered lower center: Choderlot/ Paris; lettered lower right: Soit un art sans nyaizerie/ Il seroit pourtant plus ardent/ Pour bien retenir et comprendre/ Sion tuy voulloit faire aprendre/ Un bon mettier de President

Cite this object as

Print, Interior Scene with a Solicitor/ Lawyer Surrounded by Ornament and Names of Parisian Gunmakers; Designed by C. Jacquinet (French); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-408-15

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