Sketch for a cartoon for cotton printing:The Arts [Les Arts]
date: label: Date
content: possibly 1815–20
name: label: Possibly
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Joined horizontally with 1898-21-26A. Two parallel panels, separated by strips indicated to bear fantastic leaves place in alternating sequence, shown in the "style chinois": upper left, two mandarins seated on a bench under a canopy at the top of a flight of crooked steps, the one playing a lute and the other holding a book in his lap, musical instruments on the ground and a dancing figure at the bottom of the steps (symbolizing Music); lower left: a mandarin is seen sculpting a statue of a seated mandarin, under a canopy (symbolizing Sculpture); upper right: a mandarin is seated under a canopy painting the portrait of a seated lady, above, a flight of crooked steps on which an assistant is seen mixing colors (symbolizing Painting); lower left: a Chinaman is chiseling a pedestal, beside him lie fragments of classical architecture, and other blocks are strewn on a flight of crooked steps, above (symbolizing Architecture).
place: label: made in
content: Possibly Munster, 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: Gift of Bridget Mahon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1898-21-26-b
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink on cream-colored paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25 x 49.8 cm (9 13/16 x 19 5/8 in.)