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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Théodore Bertren and published by Jacques-François Chéreau. It is dated ca. 1771 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 left: Bertrendt fecit /TB; lettered lower center: A Paris chés J. Fr. Chereau rue St. Jacques aux 2 Piliers d’Or

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: IIme Livre de Médaillons; numbered lower right: 1; inscribed in grahite lower right margin: 6 pièces complete

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Théodore Bertren (active in France, 18th century); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-526-1

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