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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Alexis Peyrotte and Thomas Germain and print maker: B. Audran and published by B. Audran. It is dated 1748 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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 inscribed

Lettered in plate, center: LIVRE/ DE DIFFERENTS /ORNEMENT Pour la Décoration/ des Églises/ Inventés par Germain/ et Gravés par Audran/ A PARIS/ Chéz l’Auteur / Rue St. Jacques; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1; inscribed in graphite lower center within plate: Suite rarissime je n’en connais pas d’autre exemplaire

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Thomas Germain, Alexis Peyrotte (French, 1699–1769); Print Maker: B. Audran; France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-464-1

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