LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE
date: label: Date
content: 1743
name: label: Designer
content: Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard, French, 1719–ca. 1755
label: Publisher
content: François-Philippe Charpentier, France, 1734–1817
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Plate 3 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. On a small hill, a standing monkey wearing a waistcoat and pants with a music box strapped to his front and a magic lantern viewing machine strapped to his back; the figure approximates an operator of optical amusements. He cranks the handle on the music box and gapes with his mouth wide open, facing towards the right. A church and small town visible in background.
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: 1921-6-319-4
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.5 × 31.8 cm (10 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.)