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Album, PLUSIEURS PORTAILS ET PORTES Composés et Gravés par L.G Taraval

This is a album. It was designed by Louis-Gustave Taraval and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Louis-Gustave Taraval. It is dated 1768–75 and we acquired it in 1920. 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 29.1 × 23.5 × 0.8 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/4 × 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Léon Decloux ex-libris pasted onto center of upper cover pastedown

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red ink in center of Léon Decloux Ex Libris: No. 353

Cite this object as

Album, PLUSIEURS PORTAILS ET PORTES Composés et Gravés par L.G Taraval; Designed by Louis-Gustave Taraval (French, 1738 – 1794); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); H x W x D: 29.1 × 23.5 × 0.8 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/4 × 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-485

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