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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Birds in Landscapes.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Two Ducks in a Landscape

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Huët and published by Gilles Demarteau and print maker: Gilles Demarteau. It is dated 1772 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving (crayon manner) in red ink 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 center: A Paris chés Demarteau Graveur du Roi, rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche; lettered lower right: J.B. hüet 1772/ Demarteau lné sculp.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower right: No. 329; inscribed in graphite, lower right below plate: Huet

Cite this object as

Print, Two Ducks in a Landscape; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huët (1745 – 1811); Print Maker: Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; etching and engraving (crayon manner) in red ink on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-507-3

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