DESCRIPTION DES FÊTES DONNÉES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG Pour la Convalescence du Roi : à l’arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville.
date: label: Date
content: 1745
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751
label: Engraver
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
label: Calligrapher
content: Le Parmentier, French, active 1737–1752
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Eleventh page (recto) of the engraved text describing the festivities, within a rocaille border, featuring trellis and floral motifs, with the French coat of arms on the top, flanked by two angels and sun rays. With the city of Strasbourg’s coat of arms on the bottom. Twelfth page (verso) of the engraved text, within a rocaille border, topped with the three fleurs-de-lys within a cartouche, a soldier on either side of the borders, military trophies in the two bottom corners and the city of Strasbourg’s coat of arms on the bottom.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Strasbourg, 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: 1921-6-208-19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Recto:
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.3 × 46.6 cm (24 1/2 × 18 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 51.3 × 38.1 cm (20 3/16 in. × 15 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 50.8 × 37.8 cm (20 in. × 14 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Verso:
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.3 × 46.6 cm (24 1/2 × 18 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 51.3 × 38.1 cm (20 3/16 in. × 15 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 50.7 × 37.9 cm (19 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.)