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This and 42 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Arabesque Ornament Designs.

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Print, Sphynx Ornament Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet and print maker: Louis-Marin Bonnet and published by Louis-Marin Bonnet and after Jean-Baptiste Huët. It is dated 1776–89 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is crayon manner etching on 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

24.6 x 18.2 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/16 in. ), plate

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper right: 2e Feuille du deuxieme Cahier; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 6

Cite this object as

Print, Sphynx Ornament Design; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet (French, 1745 - 1811); After Jean-Baptiste Huët (1745 – 1811); Published by Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736 - 1793); France; crayon manner etching on paper; 24.6 x 18.2 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/16 in. ), plate; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-481-6

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