Design for a Public Monument to be Erected on a Paris Square
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1802
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël, French, 1735–1813
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: In the midst of a plaza, above a basin and fountain cloud of mist, is a colossal globe monument, showing Africa, Europe and Asia above the clouds. On top is a chariot (quadriga) driven by Republican France, accompanied by a winged Liberty. The globe is a symbol of universal equality. People occupy the plaza; some are at the basin's edge. Verso: black chalk sketch of a monument. High pedestal, the bottom part of which is shaped like a tower, rises from narrow basin. At the top stands a figure and chariot.
place: label: designed 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: 1911-28-412
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 gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.3 x 22.8 cm (11 1/8 x 9 in.)