Char de Mars
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Print Maker
content: Martin Marvie, French, 1713–1813
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Chariot drawn by eight horses. The chariot is decorated on the side with military scenes, one showing a scene of a military camp, and another, a scene of battle. The chariot carries musicians playing drums and horns, and figures dressed in Roman military armor carrying flags. The title refers to Mars, Roman god of war.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-207-24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.9 × 86.6 cm (24 3/4 × 34 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 46.9 × 82.5 cm (18 7/16 × 32 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 44.6 × 80.1 cm (17 9/16 × 31 9/16 in.)