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1989

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Document, Album Cover Design for Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac)

This is a Document. It was designed by Jean Charles Develly and company: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 1824 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is pen and brown ink on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.

Its dimensions are

20 x 15.9 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: Le Zodiaque / Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac); in graphite, upper right corner: 14 pieces / 14

Cite this object as

Document, Album Cover Design for Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac); Company: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); Designed by Jean Charles Develly (French, 1783 - 1849); France; pen and brown ink on cream laid paper; 20 x 15.9 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of James Amster; 1989-13-48

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