Designs for Firearms Ornament and Hunting Scenes
date: label: Date
content: 1736
name: label: Print Maker
content: de La Collombe, French, active 1702 – 1739
label: Publisher
content: Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two scenes relating to hunting and designs for firearms ornament. A central oval vignette depicting an interior with men, firearms and a pile of dead birds and fowl. The scene is framed with leaves, fronds, sprigs, strapwork ornament and a mascaron. A smaller rectangular scene below depicts three men hunting on horseback within a landscape. The scene is framed by two cornucopia, globes and winged figures of victory. The two central scenes are surrounded by vignettes of trophies made of dead birds and weapons, armor and flags, the head of Apollo, his attributes and a dolphin with shells and coral. A knotted textile hangs along the top right margin of the plate. The print is signed and dated along the bottom frame of the lower vignette.
place: 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: 1921-6-325-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper