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This and 72 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament Prints: Cartouches, Trophies, Vases, Tables.

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1920

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Print, Ornament Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Bernard Honoré Toro. It is dated early 18th century 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: J.B. Toro Inv. et del.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink or lettered in plate, upper center: P; inscribed in graphite lower left, below plate, 61; inscribed in red ink, in plate, upper left: 21

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Designs; Designed by Jean Bernard Honoré Toro (French, 1661 - 1731); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-411-61

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