Le derriere de l’entrée du Berceau de Mr. de Morstein
date: label: Date
content: 1658–1703
name: label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two plates printed side-by-side on a single sheet. Both proofs are before lettering with their titles inscribed in ink below each image, within the plates. Left plate: A trellis gate with oval finials, s-scroll ornament, and pilasters in the background with two figures walking through the open gate. In the foreground, a manicured rectangular lawn, framed by plants and topiary with a small tree in the middle. Right plate: A round fountain in the middle, with a shooting jet of water, with a trellis domed structure in the background, with benches in the niches and ornamented with decorative panels, finials, pilasters, and s-scrolls. Plants and topiary in the foreground, framing lawn, with figures walking around and sitting on benches within the garden.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-334-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper