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Livre de cartouches

Engraved by: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772)
After: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
mid-18th century
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Bound set of 12 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 32.5 x 2.5 cm (18 1/8 x 12 13/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.1267
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsBound sets
Paris: Huquier [mid-18th century]

Catalogue Raisonné Guilmard, p. 168; Berlin 415; Jean-Richard [Boucher], nos. 1098-1123.
Description(Paris: Huquier [mid-18th century]) Folio; 12 leaves; modern gilt-stamped marbled brown morocco.

Designs for cartouches. Set of 12 designs for ornamental cartouches, published by Huquier, who published from this address from 1738 to 1761. The plates are unsigned, but attributed to Huquier himself.
ProvenanceGeorges Mathias, Paris, from whom purchased by MFA, July 1, 1931.