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Print, Plate 4, from "A New Book of Chinese Ornaments"

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and print maker: Jean-Baptiste Pillement. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

42.6 × 27 cm (16 3/4 × 10 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark

It is inscribed

Right top corner: "4."

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 4, from "A New Book of Chinese Ornaments"; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); France; etching on paper; 42.6 × 27 cm (16 3/4 × 10 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-207

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