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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

2025

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Print, Designs for Decorating Tobacco Boxes

This is a Print. It was designed by Viriclix and print maker: Gilles Demarteau 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 signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Viriclex del; Lettered lower right, in plate: demarteau lné Scul

It is inscribed

Lettered lower center, in plate: aparîs. rue de la pelterie a la cloche c.p.r.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 5

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Decorating Tobacco Boxes; Designed by Viriclix (active 18th century); Print Maker: Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-414-5

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