Page of Text, Printed on Recto and Verso
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Calligrapher
content: Marie F. Lattré, French, active eighteenth century
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Page of text with elaborate border decoration, printed on recto and verso. The recto provides a description of the Char de Bacchus (the Chariot of Bacchus, 1921-6-207-27), which was designed and paraded during the celebration given by the city of Paris on February 13, 1747, on the occasion of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Marie-Josephe of Saxony. The verso gives a description of the Char de la Ville (the Chariot of the City, 1921-6-207-28), from the same ceremony.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-207-44
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.9 × 44.8 cm (24 3/4 × 17 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 54 × 37.4 cm (21 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 50.7 × 36.2 cm (19 15/16 × 14 1/4 in.)