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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Second Book of Arabesques For Use by Artists, 1780-1784.

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Print, Arabesque Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Michel and print maker: Jacques Juillet and published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare. It is dated 1780-1784 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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

36.5 x 19.7 cm (14 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. ) (plate) 40.0 x 25.4 cm (15 3/4 x 10 in.) (sheet)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 5

Cite this object as

Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by Michel (French, active 1785); Print Maker: Jacques Juillet (French, 1739 - 1784); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734–1799); France; etching on laid paper; 36.5 x 19.7 cm (14 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. ) (plate) 40.0 x 25.4 cm (15 3/4 x 10 in.) (sheet); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-362-5

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