Rocaille Arch and Fountain with a Vase and Sea Horses
date: label: Date
content: 1743-1763
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Chéreau, French, 1688–1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fountain seen through a rocaille archway. The fountain in the center features a colonnaded alcove with sea horses above, from whose mouths spout water, and topped with a vase with a woman. The plate is signed.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-231-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 34 x 22.5 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 28 x 19 cm (11 in. x 7 1/2 in.)