Design for a Lighthouse
date: label: Date
content: 1760–75
name: label: Designer
content: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768
label: Print Maker
content: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Daumont, French, active 1740-1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a Neoclassical lighthouse in the form of a large obelisk with two flanking smaller ones. The central structure is ornamented with vermiculated horizontal branded rustication, large panels, and a garland of laurel leaves. The top of the tower is supported by corbels, with a flaming / smoking urn or vase framed by a trellised structure with a dome roof. The two smaller flanking obelisks are decorated with large, vermiculated panels with smoking urn or vase finials. Figures stand around the base, on the stairs leading to the central door, and at the balcony level. Clouds in the background and steps leading up to the lighthouse. A scale below the design. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-293-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper