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Print, Le Double Engagement

This is a Print. It was print maker: Claude-Louis Desrais. It is dated ca. 1775-1780 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Anonymous. It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 21 × 15.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.) Paper: 34.8 × 26 cm (13 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: "AUVERGNE 1775"

It is inscribed

Below, the inscription: "LE DOUBLE ENGAGEMENT" and a four-line verse.

Cite this object as

Print, Le Double Engagement; Print Maker: Claude-Louis Desrais (French, 1746–1816); France; engraving on paper; Plate: 21 × 15.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.) Paper: 34.8 × 26 cm (13 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1957-61-37

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