Dessein de l’illumination et du feu d’artifice donné à Monseigneur le Dauphin à Meudon le 3e septembre 1735
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Designer
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790
label: Director of Production
content: Michel de Bonneval, French, 17..-1766
label: Office of
content: Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, France
label: Publisher
content: Imprimerie de Ballard, Paris, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Exterior view of the gardens of the Palace at Versailles during a fireworks display for Louis XV, King of France. An arched colonnade trellis with two three-tiered fountains at left and right; ornately fashioned topiaries and plants in the other intervals, with a tree upon a pedestal at the center back. Within the semi-circular stage, a man wearing an animal skin slays two fantastic beasts with a large club. His left foot steps on the dragon at left, from whose mouth emits trails of smoke. (Figures are larger than life, possibly a sculptural group depicting one of the trials of Hercules.) In the background, a large circle of light at lower center, with arcs of fireworks spiraling out in all directions, illuminating the treetops at either side. In the foreground, an audience of figures—the male and female spectators sit on wooden chairs and stand in groups watching the display.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-205-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 61.1 × 91.4 cm (24 1/16 × 36 in.)