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1938

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Print, Title page, plate 1 from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers chinois"

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and print maker: Anne Allen. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is etching a la poupée and colored inks on paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

23.2 × 17.6 cm (9 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

"Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres / Inventes et dessines par Jean Pillement. Graves par Anne Allen." No. 3

Cite this object as

Print, Title page, plate 1 from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers chinois"; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Print Maker: Anne Allen (English, active France, ca. 1750–1810); France; etching a la poupée and colored inks on paper ; 23.2 × 17.6 cm (9 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-3

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