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Artist and engraver Pierre Edmé Babel French
Publisher Jacques II Chereau French
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Plate 3 from a series of four designs for cartouches in the Rococo style. The design is characterized by a slant to the left and wave-like rocaille ornaments at the top and bottom of the cartouche.
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Title: Cartouche Pitoresque, Plate 3
Artist and engraver:
Pierre Edmé Babel (French, Paris 1720–1775 Paris)
Publisher:
Jacques II Chereau (French, Blois 1688–1776 Paris)
Date: ca. 1740–60
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Plate: 7 15/16 × 6 1/16 in. (20.1 × 15.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/16 in. × 8 in. (28.1 × 20.3 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number: 56.500.36(2)
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