L’ASTRONOMIE
date: label: Date
content: 1749–61
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: Louis-Félix Delarue, French, 1730 – 1777
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Allegorical print representing astronomy with two winged putti in the clouds. The putto on the right is seated leaning over a globe while the other stands leaning on the same globe and holds a telescope. At their feet another telescope and a book. The plate is titled, signed, and 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: 1921-6-247-35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper