Title Page (recto)
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Calligrapher
content: Marie F. Lattré, French, active eighteenth century
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: On the recto, the title is printed in the center of the plate, surrounded by winged putti borne upon clouds. At the top, the clouds terminate in an architectural ledge with plants, flowers, and garlands, and on which rests more putti who also hold up a shield adorned with a massive ship and fleurs-de-lis. The verso of the page provides a description of the frontispiece (1921-6-207-2). The verso is signed at lower right with the name of the calligrapher.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-207-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 63 × 45.4 cm (24 13/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 56 × 37 cm (22 1/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 55.2 × 36.5 cm (21 3/4 × 14 3/8 in.)