Elevation of a Mausoleum for a Soldier (Temple of Mars)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1765
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789
notes: label: Description
content: The depicted structure has a square plan and low dome. The central doorway is flanked by two obelisks with trophies. They are placed upon semi-circular pedestals. The structure includes a frieze, between the base and the dome, with figurative decoration. Small scale figures (crowds) surround the building.
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: 1911-28-63
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and black, gray wash over black chalk indications on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 15.3 x 23.6 cm (6 x 9 5/16 in.)