This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Title Pages, 1755–69.

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Print, Title Page, 1769

This is a Print. It was written by Pietro Metastasio and published by Giovanni Claudio Molini. It is dated 1769 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, in the center: POESIE/ DEL SIGNOR ABATE /PIETRO METASTASIO/ TOMO X/ PARIGI / Presso G.C. Molini Librajo / M.DCC.LXIX./ Con Licenza e Privilegio; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 1921-6-233 (10)

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page, 1769; Written by Pietro Metastasio (Italian, 1698 – 1782); Published by Giovanni Claudio Molini (Italian, 1724 – 1812); France; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-233-10

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