Print, Cartouche Pitoresque

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre-Edmé Babel and published by Jacques Chéreau. It is dated ca. 1740-1760 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching. 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

Sheet: 28.4 x 22.2 cm (11 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Babel invenit et Sculpsit

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: Cartouche Pitoresque / A Paris chez Jacques Chereau rue St. Jacques au grand St. Remy.; Printed lower right, in plate: Avec Privilege du Roy / 1; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 7; Inscribed in ink, lower right, in margin: 16

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