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This and 22 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Album of Prints: Singeries by Christophe Huet.

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Bound Print, LE TAMBOURI

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Christophe Huet and published by Charpentier and print maker: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard. It is dated 1743 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.

Its dimensions are

26 × 31.8 cm (10 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower right, in plate: J. Guélard Sculp. et ex. C.P.R.

It is inscribed

Lettered lower center, in plate: LE TAMBOURIN; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: c-8123

Cite this object as

Bound Print, LE TAMBOURI; Designed by Christophe Huet (French, 1700–1759); Print Maker: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard (French, 1719–ca. 1755); Published by Charpentier; France; etching on laid paper; 26 × 31.8 cm (10 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-319-22

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Embroidered and Embellished.

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