Heraldic Achievement Designs
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
name: label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seven designs for heraldic achievements supported by angels, putti, eagles, animals, birds, dolphins, and mermaids. With individual designs for animals in outline, including a goat, cow, and elephant. The heraldic achievement in the upper center has the French coat of arms in the shield, with the three fleurs-de-lys, royal crown, cross of the Saint-Esprit, arms and armor and flags. The plate is 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: 1921-6-339-9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper