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date: label: Date
content: 1743
name: label: Designer
content: Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard, French, 1719–ca. 1755
label: Publisher
content: François-Philippe Charpentier, France, 1734–1817
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Plate 10 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In outdoor setting, two figures of monkeys dressed in human hunting costume, each kneeling on the ground. Monkey at left wears a feathered cap and faces to the right. He supports with each of his hands the body of a circular musical instrument (horn). Monkey at right blows into the horn.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-319-12
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.4 × 31.8 cm (10 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.)