Heraldic Achievement Designs
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
name: label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seven designs for heraldic achievements with devices in the shields, with text, supported by angels, putti, eagles, animals, birds, dolphins, and mermaids. With individual designs for animals and mythological creatures including a dragon, eagle, phoenix, frog, turtle, goat, cow, and elephant. The heraldic achievement in the upper center has the French coat of arms in the shield, with the three fleurs-de-lys, royal crown, cross of the Saint-Esprit, wings, arms and armor and flags. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-339-10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper