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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean François Forty and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and Jean François Forty and print maker: Jean François Forty and dedicatee: Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon. It is dated 1774–88 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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 left: Inventé Dessiné et Gravé par J.F. Forty/ Se Vend a Paris chez l’Auteur rue de l’Hirondelle a l’Hotel de la Salamandre; lettered lower center: Avec Privilege du Roi; lettered lower right: Et chez Chereau rue des Mathurins aux deux Piliers d’Or

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: IIIe Cahier; lettered in upper center: Boite à Poudre; numbered upper right: 9; lettered lower center: PROJET DE DEUX TOILETTES REPRESENTANT TOUTES LES PIECES QUI DEPENDENT/ Ornées de Figures de Sujets Allégoriques et des attributs qui leurs sont propres/ Ces Toilettes peuvent être éxécutées en Or en Argent et en Porcelaine:/ Cette Collection formera une Oeuvre de quarante hut Planches et sera divisée en douze Cahiers./ Dédiée à Mademoiselle/ Anne Louise Caroline de Matignon./ Par son très Humble et très Obeisant Serviteur J.Fr. Forty/ Echelle de 6 Pouces

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean François Forty (active 1775 – 1790); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); Dedicatee: Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon (French, 1774 – 1846); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-310-55

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