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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Second Book of Arabesques For Use by Artists, 1780-1784.

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Print, Arabesque Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Michel and published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare and print maker: Jacques Juillet. It is dated 1780-1784 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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 lower left, in plate: Michel Del.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Juillet Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: IIE. CAHIER D'ARABESQUES. / A l'Usage des Artistes. / A Paris chez Mondhare rue St. Jean de Beauvais; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 2e Moitié de XVIIIe 1

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Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by Michel (French, active 1785); Print Maker: Jacques Juillet (French, 1739 - 1784); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734–1799); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-362-1

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