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This and 6 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, NOUVEAUX CARTOUCHES CHINOIS.

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Print, Fantastical Garden with Musicians

This is a Print. It was designed by Alexis Peyrotte and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1738–49 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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

Numbered in plate, upper left: 7; lettered in plate, upper right: A; inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower right: Peyrotte

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Peyrotte in; lettered lower right: huquier sculp et ex/ C.P.R

Cite this object as

Print, Fantastical Garden with Musicians; Designed by Alexis Peyrotte (French, 1699–1769); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-522-7

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