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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, Marquise

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 inv.; lettered lower right: Pelletier sculp.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: 3e Cahier; numbered upper right: No. 14; lettered lower center: Marquise

Cite this object as

Print, Marquise; 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; 1921-6-487-7

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