Sultane Noire (The Black Sultana), plate 28 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Artist
content: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809
label: Etcher
content: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Dark-skinned youth dressed as Turkish Sultana sits cross-legged on mound of rugs and cushions. His cloak edged in fur and wears elaborate turban of feathers and jewels, with more jewels at neck and waist.
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: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor G. Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-195-42
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 20.4 x 13.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)