Fragments of an incomplete cartoon for cotton printing: La Course au Sanglier
date: label: Date
content: 1785
name: label: Artist
content: Claude-Louis Desrais, (French, 1746–1816)
label: Manufacturer
content: Lafosse, Lionnet et Médard
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The composition of this design for a textile, includes four hounds crossing a small stream; hunters with spears and dogs pursuing the chase in the vicinity of a memorial column; a hunter with a spear directing two hunting dogs to the scent; a hunter on horseback, seen from the back; three hunters on horseback, and one unmounted, with three hunting dogs attacking a wild boar.
place: label: made in
content: Montpellier, 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: 1898-21-5-b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink with gray washes on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 65.7 × 90 cm (25 7/8 × 35 7/16 in.)