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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Allegorical Figures Representing the Four Continents.

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Print, L'Afrique

This is a Print. It was published by Mlle. Dobe and print maker: Marie Michelle Blondel and after Jacques Dumont. It is dated 1736 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on 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 within cartouche frame: J.Dumont. Le Rom. F.in.; lettered lower right within cartouche frame: M.V. Blondel. S. 1736

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: L’AFRIQUE; inscribed in graphite lower right corner: N 3

Cite this object as

Print, L'Afrique; Print Maker: Marie Michelle Blondel (French, active mid 18th century); After Jacques Dumont (French); Published by Mlle. Dobe (Active in France, eighteenth century); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-447-3

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