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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.

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Print, Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament, 1657

This is a Print. It was designed by François Marcou and print maker: C. Jacquinet and published by François Marcou. It is dated 1657 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 signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: CJ Fe. Marcou ex. cum pri. reg

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper left: 12 (2 in reverse); inscribed in graphite upper right margin: 12; inscribed in graphite, lower left: 25

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament, 1657; Designed by François Marcou (French, 1595 – 1660); Print Maker: C. Jacquinet (French); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-408-26

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