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This and 12 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Nouveau Livre de Cartouches à l’Usage de différens Artistes.

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1920

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Print, Cartouche Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Borch and print maker: Borch and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and Marguerite Caillou Chéreau. It is dated 1729–68 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: Borch Inv et Sculp

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite lower right, below plate: Borch; inscribed in graphite, lower left within plate: C6

Cite this object as

Print, Cartouche Design; Designed by Borch (active mid 18th century); Published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755), Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-506-4

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