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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 441436, member: 56&quot;]The image with empty cartouche will be a printing stage &quot;before titles&quot;.&nbsp; There were probably several such stages.&nbsp; The engraved framing, the armorial, and the lettered titles were probably each done by a separate specialist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the three links from McAdder,&nbsp; two show the crest with 3 stags,&nbsp; but the third shows the crest with the lion rampant and different titles (which I&nbsp; am unable to&nbsp; read).</p><p><br /></p><p>At a guess,&nbsp; the painting was engraved when in one collection, and that&#039;s the image that has the lion rampant crest. Those titles probably name the original owner.&nbsp; It was then purchased by,&nbsp; or presented to Trudaine de Montigny,&nbsp; and&nbsp; the crest and title of the associated engraving updated.&nbsp; But that&#039;s all just conjecture.</p><p><br /></p><p>The print could have been re-struck or reproduced in a dozen different forms subsequently[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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