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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Tobacco Boxes by Viriclix.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Viriclix and published by Gilles Demarteau. It is dated 1751-1769 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 inscribed

Lettered center, in plate: DIVERS SUJETS / de Chasse / pour les Tabatieres, / Utils a differents Artistes. / Dessiné par Viriclex / A PARIS / Chés Demarteau l'Ainé / Avec Priv. du Roi.; Lettered lower center, in plate: Rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche prés le Palais; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Viriclix (active 18th century); Published by Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-414-1

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