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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Print, NOUVEAU LIVRE D’ORNEMENTS Inventés par P. Ludovik. 1768, 1768.

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Print, Design for Rococo Ornament

This is a Print. It was designed by P. Ludovik and published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare and print maker: Pierre Bertrand Dandrillon. It is dated 1768 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 in plate, lower left: P.L. inv; lettered lower right: P.B. Dandrillon Sculp

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right: 3

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Rococo Ornament; Designed by P. Ludovik (French); Print Maker: Pierre Bertrand Dandrillon (French, 1725 – 1784); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734–1799); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-461-4

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