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This and 17 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Les Cinq Sens de Nature Inventé & Dessiné par Jean Pillement.

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Print, Children Performing Acrobatics

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and print maker: Pierre-Charles Canot. It is dated 1759 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.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered lower left in plate: J. Pillement inv.t

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left margin: 14

Cite this object as

Print, Children Performing Acrobatics; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Print Maker: Pierre-Charles Canot (French, 1710 - 1777); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-381-14

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