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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Cartouches, Framing Devices and Carriage Designs.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Frame, Cartouche, and Paneling Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Girard and published by Jean-Charles François and Gilles Demarteau and print maker: Jean-Baptiste Girard. It is dated 1754-69 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Dessiné et gravé par Girard Sculpteur et Professeur pour l’Ornement; lettered lower center: A. R du Roy; lettered lower center margin: Ce vend à Paris chès Francois au Triangle d’or Hôtel des Ursins derriere St. Denis de la Chartre Et chés Demarteau Graveur rue de la Pelletrie a la Cloche Avec Privilege du Roy

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right corner: IIe No.2

Cite this object as

Print, Frame, Cartouche, and Paneling Designs; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Girard (French, active ca.1750 – ca.1771); Published by Jean-Charles François (1717 - 1769), Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-316-2

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