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This and 57 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament Prints: Designs for Girondoles, Candlesticks, Candelabras, Chandeliers, Clocks, Barometers, and Boxes (Caskets).

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 Jean François Forty and print maker: A. Colinet and Augustin Nicolas Foin and published by Jacques-François Chéreau. It is dated 1775–94 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins/ au coin de celle de Sorbonne/ Avec Privilége du Roi

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, center: OEUVRES/ DE SCULPTURES EN BRONZE,/ Contenant /Girandoles, Flambeaux, Feux,/ Pendules, Bras, Cartels, Barometres,/ et Lustres/, Inventées et Dessinées/ Par Jean Francois Forty/ Gravées par Colinet et Foin

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean François Forty (active 1775 – 1790); Print Maker: A. Colinet (French, active 18th century), Augustin Nicolas Foin (French, 1726–c. 1759); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-310-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Bwun/
Accession Number 1921-6-310-1
Object ID 18247981