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Album, Album of Prints: Miscellaneous Ornament Designs by Pierre Edme Babel

This is a album. It was designed by Pierre Edme Babel and print maker: Pierre Edme Babel. We acquired it in 1921. 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 has the following markings

Léon Decloux Ex Libris, printed on paper, pasted to the middle of the paste down endpaper of the upper cover.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red ink in center of Léon Decloux Ex Libris: No. 14.

Cite this object as

Album, Album of Prints: Miscellaneous Ornament Designs by Pierre Edme Babel; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-231

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