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This and 14 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ecclesiastical Metalwork Designs.

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Print, Designs for Screens or Balustrades and Putti

This is a Print. It was designed by Thomas Germain and published by B. Audran and print maker: B. Audran. It is dated 1748 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 inscribed

Inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 12

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Print, Designs for Screens or Balustrades and Putti; Designed by Thomas Germain; Print Maker: B. Audran; France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-464-12

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