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Print, Escutcheon of Athene Writing

This is a Print. It was print maker: François Morellon La Cave. It is dated 1737 and we acquired it in 1925. Its medium is engraving with etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 7.1 × 7.1 cm (2 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.) Paper: 8 × 7.9 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed like 1925-2-306 in the framing.

It is inscribed

Page inscribed: "A 4."

Cite this object as

Print, Escutcheon of Athene Writing; Print Maker: François Morellon La Cave (French, d. after 1737); engraving with etching on paper; Plate: 7.1 × 7.1 cm (2 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.) Paper: 8 × 7.9 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1925-2-552

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