Album of Lighthouse and Altarpiece Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1760–75
name: label: Designer
content: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768
label: Print Maker
content: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Daumont, French, active 1740-1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Album of Neoclassical designs for lighthouses and altarpieces from different series of prints designed by A. Le Canu. The plates are numbered, titled, and sometimes signed. Forming part of a larger group of series of designs by Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-89).
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-293
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album
label: Type
content: Album
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0