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Print, Title Page, ca.1734–37
This is a Print. It was designed by Bellay and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Gabriel Huquier. It is dated ca.1734–37 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.
Its dimensions are
Sheet: 23.7 × 30.7 cm (9 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Platemark: 15.3 × 20.9 cm (6 in. × 8 1/4 in.) Image: 14 × 20 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)
It is signed
Lettered in plate, lower center: AParis chez Huquier vis a vis le Grand Chatelet avec privilege du Roy; lettered lower left: Bellay invenit; lettered lower right: Huquier ex. C.P.R.
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate, center within frame: DIFFERENTES PENSÉES / D’ORNEMENTS/ Arabesques a divers usages / Divisé en deux parties / PREMIERE PARTIE; inscribed in graphite lower right below plate: 1.
Cite this object as
Print, Title Page, ca.1734–37; Designed by Bellay (French, active from 1734); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 23.7 × 30.7 cm (9 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Platemark: 15.3 × 20.9 cm (6 in. × 8 1/4 in.) Image: 14 × 20 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-490-1
