Design for Cartouche Evoking Death
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cartouche decorated with elements of death. At top, a skull wearing a papal cap. A fatal weapon extends from a cluster of leaves above the skull. Evoking a coffin and gravesite, torches, laurel leaves, a coat of arms, and implements of a grave digger (a pick and shovel) surround the cartouche.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-326-7
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 22 x 18.8 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 33.3 x 24.2 cm (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)