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Bound Print, Frontispiece

This is a Bound print. It was designed by François-Joseph Belanger and published by Adrien-Georges Crapelet and Jacques Louis Bance and print maker: Boutroy and calligrapher: Demoiselle Vallet. It is dated 1812 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: Dessiné par Belanger Architecte; lettered lower right: Boutroy Sculpcit/ Demoiselle Vallet Scripcit

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center: FRONTISPICE./ De l’Architecture Civile/ des Environs de Paris/ et dans les Départements voisins

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Frontispiece; Designed by François-Joseph Belanger (French, 1744–1818); Print Maker: Boutroy (French, active 1806 – 1812); Published by Jacques Louis Bance (French, 1761 – 1847), Adrien-Georges Crapelet (French, 1789 – 1842); Calligrapher: Demoiselle Vallet (French, active 1801 – 1812); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-552-1

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