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Print, Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales" No. 2

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and etched by Anne Allen. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is etching a la poupée and ochre, teal, pink, green, orange, and purple inks on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

24.5 × 18.9 cm (9 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

"Nouvelle Suitte / de Cahiers de fleurs / idéales a l'usage des / déssinateurs et des / Peintres Inventés et / déssinés Par / Jean Pillement / graves par / Anne allen" below, "no. 2"

Cite this object as

Print, Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales" No. 2; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Etched by Anne Allen (English, active France, ca. 1750–1810); France; etching a la poupée and ochre, teal, pink, green, orange, and purple inks on paper; 24.5 × 18.9 cm (9 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-7

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