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Print, Design for Coat of Arms, from "Livre de Cartouches"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Nicolas Guérard. It is dated ca. 1680 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 Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

26.3 × 18.3 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: F [heart] I (?)

It is inscribed

Bottom: address of Guérard, "Rue St. Jacques proche St. Yves C. P. R."

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Coat of Arms, from "Livre de Cartouches"; Print Maker: Nicolas Guérard (French, 1648–1719); France; etching on paper; 26.3 × 18.3 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-169-1

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