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This and 12 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, PREMIER LIVRE DE NOUVEAUX DESSEINS, DE SERRURERIES. Inventé et gravé Par Babel.

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1910

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1920

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Print, Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Edme Babel and print maker: Pierre Edme Babel and published by Antoine Aveline and Charles Auguste Foulard. It is dated 1890–1910 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is facsimile of the original etching (photomechanical or lithography). 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 center: Se Vend à Paris chés Aveline rüe St. Jacques à la Reine Avec privilége du Roy.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center: Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons; lettered lower center: Echelle de 6 Pieds.; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-6-452(3)

Cite this object as

Print, Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Published by Charles Auguste Foulard (French, 1870–1920), Antoine Aveline (French, 1691 – 1743); France; facsimile of the original etching (photomechanical or lithography); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-452-3

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