Prospectus Armamentarii regii versus arcem Principis Regis (View of the Royal Armory opposite the Prince's Palace)
name: label: Publisher
content: Georg Balthasar Probst, German, 1732 - 1801
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Perspective view of the Royal Armory in Berlin, a richly ornamented rectangular structure stretching across the right side. The windows are cut out, with thread and colored fabric visible through the openings. Statues of angels and armored busts line the top of the armory, colored in yellow. In front of the building, horsedrawn-carriages and pedestrians roam the open area. A dark shadow is cast across the bottom edge of the scene, and a light blue sky extends across the top margin. Printed along bottom margin: Prospectus Armamentarii regii versus arcem Principis Regis / Prospetto de l'Arsenale Reale verso del Palazzo del Principe
label: Description
content: Verso: Patches of colored and patterned fabric, visibly attached with thread. Printed label: La veue de l'Arsenal Royal du côté du Palais du Prince heritier a Berlin. / Prospect des Königl. Arsenals, gegen dem Cron=Prinzl. Palast zu Berlin. / Med. Folo. No. 42. / Cum Gratia et Privilegio Sac: Caes: Majestatis. / Georg Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V.
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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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 Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-84-32-7
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hand-colored etching on paper; verso: fabric adhered with thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Print): 27.3 × 40.4 cm (10 3/4 × 15 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Page): 28.3 × 43.9 cm (11 1/8 × 17 5/16 in.)