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1920

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Album, Album of Birds in Landscapes

This is a Album. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Huët and published by Gilles Demarteau and print maker: Gilles Demarteau. It is dated 1772 and we acquired it in 1920. 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

Leon Decloux ex-libris pasted in center of upper pastedown.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red ink in center of printed Ex-Libris: 381

Cite this object as

Album, Album of Birds in Landscapes; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huët (1745 – 1811); Print Maker: Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-507

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