This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album Containing two Series of Tailpieces and Fleurons.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

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Print, Two Tailpieces or Fleurons

This is a Print. It was designed by Bachelier and print maker: P.P. Choffard and engraved by P.P. Choffard and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau. It is dated 1762 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 26.8 x 21.3 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Bachelier inv.; lower right: PP. Choffard Sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lettered lower left: 8; lower center: Avec Priv. du Roy.; lower right: b; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 8

Cite this object as

Print, Two Tailpieces or Fleurons; Designed by Jean-Jacques Bachelier (French, 1724 - 1806); Engraved by P.P. Choffard; Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 26.8 x 21.3 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-234-8

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