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This and 8 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Staircase Balustrades and Gate Crown Designs.

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Print, Staircase Balustrade Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Laurent Desboeufs de Saint-Laurent and published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez and print maker: Jean Pelletier. It is dated 1772–77 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 signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Desboeufs de S. Laurent inv.; lettered lower right: Pelletier sculp.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite upper right within plate: No.10; inscribed in graphite upper right margin: 3

Cite this object as

Print, Staircase Balustrade Design; Designed by Laurent Desboeufs de Saint-Laurent (French, active 1763 – 1776); Print Maker: Jean Pelletier (French, born ca. 1736); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez; France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-487-3

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