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Print, Design for Doors

This is a Print. It was designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet and published by Gilles Paul Cauvet and print maker: Elise Caroline Liottier and dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France. It is dated 1777 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.

It is signed

Letterd in plate, lower left: G.P. Cauvet del; lettered lower right: Mlle. Liottier la Jeune Sculp.

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Print, Design for Doors; Designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788); Print Maker: Elise Caroline Liottier (French); Dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France (French, 1755 – 1824); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-204-6

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