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This and 147 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, 1771.

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Print, Plate 3, "Cahier de Blançoires Chinoises"

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and print maker: Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder. It is dated 1770–1780 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 Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

41.8 × 29.5 cm (16 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark

It is inscribed

Top: "B' "3'; bottom: "J. Pillement Inv. Et Sculp." "J. J. Avril Sculp."

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 3, "Cahier de Blançoires Chinoises"; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Print Maker: Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder (French, 1744 - 1831); France; etching on paper; 41.8 × 29.5 cm (16 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-181

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