Cartoon for cotton printing: Les Fables de La Fontaine
date: label: Date
content: 1810-1820
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
label: Author
content: Jean de La Fontaine, French, 1621 - 1695
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The design comprises four scenes taken from Les Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, first published in 1668: upper left, The Oak and the Reed (BookI, No. 22); supper right, The Elephant and the Lion (Book VI, No. 1); lower left: The Rat and the Elephant (Book VIII, No. 15); and lower right, The Dairy-Maid and the Pot of Milk (Book VII, No. 10).
place: label: made in
content: Possibly Munster, 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: Gift of Bridget Mahon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1898-21-23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk and white heightening on cream-colored paper
label: Dimensions
content: 51.2 × 83.3 cm (20 3/16 × 32 13/16 in.)