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This and 8 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Arabesque Ornament Design and a Frontispiece.

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1920

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Print, Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc and print maker: Laurent Guyot and published by Laurent Guyot. It is dated 1788 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is aquatint and 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 signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Guyot Sculp.; lettered lower center: A.P.D.R/ à Paris Chez Guyot Graveur et Md. D’Estampes rue St. Jacques au Grand Gessner N.9

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center : VIIIe CAHIER D’ARABESQUE / Dessiné par Mr. Le Clere; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); Germany; aquatint and etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-337-1

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