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Print, Title plate of "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Ecrans, et autres Ornemens"

This is a Print. It was engraved by Alexis Loir and after Nicolas Loir. It is dated ca. 1670 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is etching with engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 22.4 x 43.7 cm (8 13/16 x 17 3/16 in.) Sheet: 35.1 x 44.4 cm (13 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermarks: crown / bunch of grapes / 1742; I (?) E LACOMBE / LIMOTIN FIN Address: "A Paris chez Jombert rue Dauphine / No 56"

It is signed

Bottom left: Loire fecit

Cite this object as

Print, Title plate of "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Ecrans, et autres Ornemens"; Engraved by Alexis Loir; After Nicolas Loir (French, 1624 - 1679); France; etching with engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 22.4 x 43.7 cm (8 13/16 x 17 3/16 in.) Sheet: 35.1 x 44.4 cm (13 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.); 1944-16-6

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