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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Cartouches Pittoresques by Pierre-Edmé Babel.

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Bound Print, Cartouche Pitoresque

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Pierre Edme 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

19.8 × 15.4 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Babel invenit et Sculpsit

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, lower center: Cartouche Pitoresque / A Paris chez Jacques Chereau rue St. Jacques au grand St. Remy, lower right: Avec Privilege du Roy. / 3; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 3

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Cartouche Pitoresque; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); France; etching; 19.8 × 15.4 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-232-3

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