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Print, Design for a Fan, No. 1 from "Dessins d'Eventails et Ecrans"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Nicolas Loir. It is dated ca. 1675 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching with engraving 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

Plate: 14.9 × 29.8 cm (5 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.) Paper: 19.9 × 31.4 cm (7 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Coat of arms with three stars at top and three swords within body, see sketch on catalog card.

It is inscribed

Address of N. Langlois, "rue St. Jacques a la Victoire avec Privilege."

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Fan, No. 1 from "Dessins d'Eventails et Ecrans"; Print Maker: Nicolas Loir (French, 1624 - 1679); etching with engraving on paper; Plate: 14.9 × 29.8 cm (5 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.) Paper: 19.9 × 31.4 cm (7 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-170

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