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Print, Title Page
This is a Print. It was designed by Claude-Louis Desrais and print maker: Jacques Le Roy and published by Jacques-François Chéreau. It is dated 1789 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid 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
Lettered in plate, lower left: C.L. Desrais Inv…; lettered lower left, below frame: C.L. Desrais Del.; lettered lower right: [---]a Le Roy Sculp..; lettered lower right, below frame: Le Roy Sculp.; lettered lower center: A Paris chez J. Chereau Rue St. Jacques/ aux 2 Colonnes no. 257.
It is inscribed
Lettered in center of plate: Cahier d’Arabesques/ Composés par/ C.L. Desrais/ en 1789; numbered in plate, lower right: 1. ; inscribed in red ink along left border, in plate: Manufacture de Porcelaine d’Orleans [---] 180.6%; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-5-296 (1)
Cite this object as
Print, Title Page; Designed by Claude-Louis Desrais (French, 1746–1816); Print Maker: Jacques Le Roy; Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-296-1
