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This and 25 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Print, Differentes Figures Chinoises inventées et Dessinées par J. Pillement.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and print maker: Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder and François-Joseph Coulubrier and published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez. It is dated 1773 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower right: Coulubrier Scripsit

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center: NOUVEAU CAHIER DE SIX FEUILLES/ De Différents Sujets Chinois Historiés,/ Représentant les Cinq Sens de Natures/ Inventé et Dessiné /Par J. Pillement premier Peintre du Roy de Pologne/ Gravé par J.J. Avril/ A PARIS / Chez le Pere et Avaulez; inscribed in graphite, lower right : Suite de 6 pièces Année – 1773-; inscribed in graphite lower left margin : 21

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Print Maker: Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder (French, 1744 - 1831), François-Joseph Coulubrier (French, active 1751 – 1793); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez; France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-379-21

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