REPRESENTATION DU FEU D’ARTIFICE. Elevé devant l’Hotel de Ville par l’Ordre de Mrs. les Prevost des Marchands et Echevins de la Ville de Paris en rejouissance de la prise de la Ville de Tournay et de sa Citadelle les 24 May et 19 Juin 1745. Ce Feu à etée executée sous la conduite de Mr. De Beaussire, Architect du Roy et de son Academie d’Architecture, Me. General Con.eur Inspecteur des Bâtiments de la Ville.
date: label: Date
content: after 1745
name: label: Designer
content: Charles-André Tramblin, French, active mid-18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-André Tramblin, French, active mid-18th century
label: Publisher
content: Charles-André Tramblin, French, active mid-18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A festival print illustrating an ephemeral triumphal arch made in Paris for a firework display in honor of a French military victory in 1745. The arch is in semi-ruin with a vermiculated façade, and two columns on either side. Above the arch, the royal coat of arms, flanked by two winged angels. Above the arch there is a balustrade between plinths with military trophies on either side, with a large plinth in the center, topped with a copula, with a vase finial. On the ground, there are two canons on either side of the arch with architectural fragments on the ground. Through the arch, buildings are visible. Figures and two dogs stand in the foreground, looking towards the arch. The title, description and address are lettered below.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
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: 1921-6-235-5
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