Design for a Fantastic Fountain
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770
name: label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Laurent Legeay, French, ca. 1710–86
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Partially in ruins and in deserted country, the upper waters of the fountain spring. A cloth is held by two figures on the shaft, with the inscription: "FONTAINE / INVETE / et graues Par Legeay / arch. Et"; "J Legeay / sculp." is written in a medallion at the bottom. Bottom margin: "A Paris chés Huquier rue des Mathurins au coin de celle de Sorbonne." (cf. Guilmard).
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: 1921-6-28-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper, remargined
label: Dimensions
content: 33.1 × 25.4 cm (13 1/16 in. × 10 in.)