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1920

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2016

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Bound Print, Page of Text, Printed on Recto and Verso

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain and published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau and François Blondel and print maker: Pierre François Tardieu and calligrapher: Marie F. Lattré. It is dated 1751 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 62.9 × 45.6 cm (24 3/4 × 17 15/16 in.) Platemark: 57.5 × 38.5 cm (22 5/8 × 15 3/16 in.) Image: 56.2 × 38 cm (22 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: L. Le Lorrain inv.; Lettered lower center right, in plate: P.F. Tardieu sculpsit.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Lattré Scripsit

It is inscribed

On recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-207 (40); Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: C-8508

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Page of Text, Printed on Recto and Verso; Designed by Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (French, 1715–1759); Print Maker: Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711 - 1771); Published by François Blondel, Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755); Calligrapher: Marie F. Lattré (French, active eighteenth century); France; engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 62.9 × 45.6 cm (24 3/4 × 17 15/16 in.) Platemark: 57.5 × 38.5 cm (22 5/8 × 15 3/16 in.) Image: 56.2 × 38 cm (22 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-207-40

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