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Print, Design for Cartouche Evoking the Sea

This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques de Lajoüe and engraved by Charles Nicolas Cochin the younger. It is dated 1740 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 25.5 x 19 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.) Sheet: 33.3 x 24.4 cm (13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.), print is tipped into sheet

It is inscribed

On plate, upper left: A; upper right: 9; lower left: De la Joüe in.; lower center: avec privilege du Roi; lower right: N.C. Cochin Sculp.

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Cartouche Evoking the Sea; Designed by Jacques de Lajoüe (French, 1687–1761); Engraved by Charles Nicolas Cochin the younger (1715 - 1790); France; engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 25.5 x 19 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.) Sheet: 33.3 x 24.4 cm (13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.), print is tipped into sheet; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-326-5

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