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This and 23 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Ornament Designs by Various Artists Including Briceau, Lefebvre, Laget, Durant, Badollet, and Vauquier.

Object Timeline

1920	We acquired this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
2025	You found it!

Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Abraham Badollet and print maker: Abraham Badollet. It is dated 1734 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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 inscribed

Printed center, in plate: ESSAIS DE GRAVÛRE / PAR ABRAHAM BADOLLET / Maitre Graveur ou l'on voit de beaux Contours / d'ornemens traités dans le goût de l'Art, propre aux / Horlogeura, Orfevres, Cizeleurs, Graveurs, et à toutes / persones Curieuses / fait à Paris / 1734; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: Badollet. / 1921-6-262(16)

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Abraham Badollet (French, active eightenth century); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-262-16

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Bsba/
Accession Number 1921-6-262-16
Object ID 18233469