Le Blessé
date: label: Date
content: 1753-1757
name: label: Designer
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An injured butterfly is shown lying in the middle of a stretcher carried by two butterflies (one on the left and one right). Another butterfly walks beside the butterfly carrying the stretcher on the right. A small butterfly with a parasol or umbrella flies above the injured butterfly. The area underneath the ground they walk on is shown at the bottom of the composition, and the words "LE BLESSÉ" are printed in black at the bottom center. The plate is not signed or 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: 1921-6-402-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24.5 × 40.2 cm (9 5/8 × 15 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 18.3 × 27.5 cm (7 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 17.3 × 26.5 cm (6 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.)