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This and 26 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Miscellaneous Ornament Designs by Pierre Edme Babel.

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Print, Cartouche in the Shape of a Standing Panel

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre-Edmé Babel and Pierre Edme Babel and engraved by Pierre-Edmé Babel and published by Jacques Chéreau and print maker: Pierre Edme Babel. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off-white 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

Lettered lower left, in plate: Babel; Lettered lower right, in plate: invenit et Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed center, in plate: Suite / d'Ornements / par / P. E. Babel / Dessinateur et Graveur; Printed lower left, in plate: AParis chez Jacques Chereau rue St.; Printed lower right, in plate: jacques au g dSt.Remi passé les Mathurins; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-231 (1)

Cite this object as

Print, Cartouche in the Shape of a Standing Panel; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); France; etching and engraving on off-white paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-231-1

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