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Book, Album of Prints: Singeries by Christophe Huet

This is a Book. It was designed by Christophe Huet and published by Charpentier and print maker: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard. It is dated 1743 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is bound volume of etchings on 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

27 × 34 × 1.3 cm (10 5/8 × 13 3/8 × 1/2 in.) Open: 27 × 67 cm (10 5/8 × 26 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Léon Decloux Ex Libris, printed on paper, pasted to the middle of the paste down endpaper of the upper cover.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red ink in center of Léon Decloux Ex Libris: No. 124.

Cite this object as

Book, Album of Prints: Singeries by Christophe Huet; Designed by Christophe Huet (French, 1700–1759); Print Maker: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard (French, 1719–ca. 1755); Published by Charpentier; France; bound volume of etchings on paper; 27 × 34 × 1.3 cm (10 5/8 × 13 3/8 × 1/2 in.) Open: 27 × 67 cm (10 5/8 × 26 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-319

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