Design for Cartouche Evoking Death, Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Engraving on white laid paper, Cartouche decorated with elements of death. At top, a skull wearing a papal cap. A fatal weapon extends from a cluster of leaves above the skull. Evoking a coffin and gravesite, torches, laurel leaves, a coat of arms, and implements of a grave digger (a pick and shovel) surround the cartouche., France, 1740, ornament, Print, Print
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Design, Cartouche Evoking Death, Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Engraving, white laid paper, Cartouche decorated, elements, death, top, skull wearing, papal cap, fatal weapon extends, cluster, leaves, skull, Evoking, coffin, gravesite, torches, laurel leaves, coat, arms, implements, grave digger, pick, shovel, surround, cartouche, France, 1740, ornament, Print
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