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This and 14 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Two Books of Vases by Juste-François Boucher.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Ornamental Vase Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and print maker: Jules-François Boucher le fils. It is dated 1755-1768 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.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: fBo Sc

It is inscribed

Printed center, in plate: NOUVEAU / LIVRE / DE VASES / Par F. Bo.; Printed lower center, in plate: A Paris chès la Ve. de F. Chereau, rue St. Jacques aux deux Piliers d'Or.; Printed lower right, in plate: 1; Inscribed in graphite, upper right, in margin: g; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Ornamental Vase Design; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 – 1782); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-509-1

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