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Print, Entrée de Serrures, Plate 98 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

This is a Print. It was designed by Claude René Gabriel Poulleau. It is dated 1757–1776 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 41.9 × 26.7 cm (16 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

It is signed

In print, bottom left: Poulleau Sculp. In print, bottom right: Chereau excud.

It is inscribed

Inscription in print: Entrée de Serrures / de Fer découpées et polir (Locks input / Iron cut and polish)

Cite this object as

Print, Entrée de Serrures, Plate 98 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs); Designed by Claude René Gabriel Poulleau (French, b.1749); engraving on paper; H x W: 41.9 × 26.7 cm (16 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-59

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.

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