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Print, Engraving: Monograms of two letters

This is a Print. It was designed by Nicolas Langlois. It is dated ca. 1765 and we acquired it in 1925. Its medium is black ink on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 31.1 x 21.1 cm (12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.) Sheet: 31.3 x 21.6 cm (12 5/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Crowned T over [symbol on card]

It is inscribed

Lower left: "Langlois exe. cum privil. reg."

Cite this object as

Print, Engraving: Monograms of two letters; Designed by Nicolas Langlois; France; black ink on white paper; Platemark: 31.1 x 21.1 cm (12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.) Sheet: 31.3 x 21.6 cm (12 5/16 x 8 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1925-2-791

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