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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornamental Trophies.

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Print, L'Amour

This is a Print. It was designed by Alexis Peyrotte and print maker: Marie Therese Martinet and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau. It is dated mid- 18th–late 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left, within frame: Peyrotte inv; lettered lower right, within frame: M.J. Martinet sc

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: L’Amour; numbered lower right: 4: inscribed in graphite, lower right, below plate: Peyrotte.

Cite this object as

Print, L'Amour; Designed by Alexis Peyrotte (French, 1699–1769); Print Maker: Marie Therese Martinet (French, 1731 – 1800?); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768), Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-521-4

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