Fantastical Garden with Musicians
date: label: Date
content: 1738–49
name: label: Designer
content: Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A fantastical garden scene framed by a cartouche with two musicians in Chinese style dress in the center and chinoiserie style motifs. A seated male figure to the left plays a stringed instrument, possibly a mandolin, and a standing male figure to the right plays a horn which wraps around the back of his head. Rococo ornament frames them within a cartouche made up of scrolling leaves, shells, flowers, trees, a dragon, two birds, and c-scrolls. In the foreground, a parasol, and a tambourine. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-522-7
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper