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This and 20 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Figure Studies.

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc and print maker: Jean-François Janinet and published by Campions Frères and dedicatee: Jean Baptiste-Marie Pierre. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is crayon-manner with red ink 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: A Paris ches les Campions freres, rue St. Jacques à la ville de Rouen A.P.D.R

It is inscribed

Lettered upper left, in plate: 11e Cahier; numbered upper right: No. 1; Lettered lower left, in plate: XIe CAHIER DE PRINCIPE/ DE DESSEIN d’apres Nature fait par Thomas le Clere/ et Gravés par F. Janinet/ DÉDIÉ A MONSIEUR J.B.M. PIERRE/ Premier Peintre du Roi/ par son très humble et très/ obeisant serviteur le Clere; inscribed in graphite lower left, below plate: 17

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752 - 1814); Published by Campions Frères; Dedicatee: Jean Baptiste-Marie Pierre (French, 1714 – 1789); France; crayon-manner with red ink on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-437-17

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