REPRÉSENTATION DU FEU D'ARTIFICE qui fut tiré dans la Place de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris à l'Occasion du Mariage de MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN avec la Princesse MARIE JOSEPHE DE SAXE, le 13 Fevrier M.DCC.XLVII.
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: 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: Fireworks display comprised of a large temple with rocks and water before it. This large landscape and architecture is populated with mythological figures. At the peak of the composition, in the air, are portraits the Dauphin and Marie-Josephe of Saxony. Contemporary Parisian figures are places in the foreground of the scene, looking on, to emphasize the scale of the ephemeral architecture.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1921-6-207-30
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: 62.8 × 88.1 cm (24 3/4 × 34 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 49.7 × 76.5 cm (19 9/16 × 30 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 48 × 75 cm (18 7/8 × 29 1/2 in.)