Design for a Banknote
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1815
name: label: Artist
content: Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Five classicizing figures stand around a central crowned emblem with an eagle in the center and a stylized vegetal border. The figures hold attributes including a cornicopia, laurel branch, and winged Victory.
place: label: made in
content: 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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-64-143
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on light brown paper
label: Dimensions
content: 7.2 × 17.8 cm (2 13/16 in. × 7 in.)