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Print, Engraving: Monograms of Two Letters

This is a Print. It was published by Nicolas Langlois. It is dated ca. 1765 and we acquired it in 1925. Its medium is black ink on white 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

Platemark: 30.8 x 20.5 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.) Sheet: 31.4 x 20.6 cm (12 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Coat-of-arms Stamped, verso in brown ink: Cooper Union Museum New York

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: "F N. Langlois ex...cum privit."

Cite this object as

Print, Engraving: Monograms of Two Letters; Published by Nicolas Langlois; France; black ink on white paper; Platemark: 30.8 x 20.5 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.) Sheet: 31.4 x 20.6 cm (12 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1925-2-790

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