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This and 16 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Frame Designs by Various Artists.

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Print, Ornamental Frame Design

This is a Print. It was published by Louis Crépy and Jean-Baptiste Crépy. It is dated mid- 18th–late 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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

A Paris chez Crepy rue St. Jacques a St. PIerre; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 12

Cite this object as

Print, Ornamental Frame Design; Published by Louis Crépy, Jean-Baptiste Crépy (French, active 1753 – d. 1796); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-267-12

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