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Print, Designs for Ornament Motifs

This is a Print. It was designed by Franz Xaver Habermann and published by Johann Georg Hertel. It is dated mid- 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off white laid 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.

Its dimensions are

Album Dimensions H417xW251xD23mm

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Haberman. inv.; Lettered lower right, in plate: I.G. Hertel exc : A : V :

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: No.31; Printed lower right, in plate: 1; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Ornament Motifs; Designed by Franz Xaver Habermann (German, 1721 – 1796); Published by Johann Georg Hertel (German, ca. 1700–1776); Germany; etching on off white laid paper; Album Dimensions H417xW251xD23mm; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-317-1

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