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: Bacchus, seated on a donkey and attended by wood-nymphs, approaches an altar at which Silenus is making a sacrifice and about which a drunken revel is taking place (symbolizing Autumn); In the lower right, Chronos warms himself at a fire before the entrance to an ice-covered cave, and is accompanied by another figure, while in the distance towards the left, a feast is seen taking place (symbolizing Winter).
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-a
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 × 94.3 cm (41 3/4 × 37 1/8 in.)