Cartoon for Cotton Printing: "Les Quatre Saisons"
date: label: Date
content: 1815–20
name: label: Artist
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
label: Artist
content: J. L. Lebert, French, early 19th century
label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the upper left, Flora seated in a landscape is being kissed by Zephyr lying on a cloud-bank, while a river god sleeps to the left and two children drive sheep to pasture to the right (symbolizing Spring). In the lower left, figures offer children, fruit, and other foods to Ceres, seated in a bower, while in the distance, figures are seen dancing in a wheat field (symbolizing Summer).
place: label: made in
content: Probably Munster, 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: Gift of Bridget Mahon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1898-21-6-b
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, on cream paper, pieced; squared in graphite for transfer
label: Dimensions
content: 106 × 95.6 cm (41 3/4 × 37 5/8 in.)