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This and 31 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Hand Fan and Panel Designs.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Panel Design (Left Plate)

This is a Print. It was designed by Bellay and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Gabriel Huquier. It is dated ca.1734-49 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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.

Its dimensions are

24.5 × 30.8 cm (9 5/8 × 12 1/8 in.) Platemark: 21 × 11 cm (8 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.) Image: 19.7 × 9.8 cm (7 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Bellay in.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: B; numbered 1; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 9

Cite this object as

Print, Panel Design (Left Plate); Designed by Bellay (French, active from 1734); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; 24.5 × 30.8 cm (9 5/8 × 12 1/8 in.) Platemark: 21 × 11 cm (8 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.) Image: 19.7 × 9.8 cm (7 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-490-12

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