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Print, Design for Decorative Ironwork

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Lamour and print maker: Claude Francois Nicole. It is dated 1759–68 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate lower right: Lamour invenit Nicole fils sculp

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 23 / 1921-6-210 (18)

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Decorative Ironwork; Designed by Jean Lamour; Print Maker: Claude Francois Nicole (French, ca. 1700 – ca. 1783); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-210-18

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