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Print, Frieze with Ovoidal Frame

This is a Print. It was printed by Gottfried Engelmann and after Jean DuBois and published by Desflorennes. It is dated 1823 and we acquired it in 1925. Its medium is lithograph support: white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

35.9 x 26.3 cm (14 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.) Platemark/repeat: 20.6 x 17.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

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Print, Frieze with Ovoidal Frame; After Jean DuBois (French, ca. 1750 – after 1801); Printed by Gottfried Engelmann (1788 – 1839); Published by Desflorennes; France; lithograph support: white wove paper; 35.9 x 26.3 cm (14 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.) Platemark/repeat: 20.6 x 17.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1925-2-193

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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