Entryway and Exterior Elevation of the Length of the Room on the Place de la Bastille
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: Entryway and exterior elevation of the length of the temporary structure erected on the Place de la Bastille for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. On the balcony of the entryway are statues of putti playing musical instruments and with theatrical masks; there are also Watteau-esque figures at the balcony. The staffage depicted at the elevation view, indicates the great height of the structure.
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: 1921-6-207-14
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: 62.9 × 45.5 cm (24 3/4 × 17 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 52 × 36.8 cm (20 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 51 × 35.9 cm (20 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)