Char de la Ville
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Print Maker
content: Pierre François Tardieu, French, 1711–1771
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Chariot drawn by eight horses. The chariot is in the shape of a boat with waves along the bottom edge, canons emerging from gun ports, and a tall mast. Toward the back of the ship are nereids (sea nymphs), and at very back an enthroned female embodiment of the city, wearing a mural crown.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-207-28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.9 × 88 cm (24 3/4 × 34 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 46.3 × 82.5 cm (18 1/4 × 32 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 44.3 × 80.7 cm (17 7/16 × 31 3/4 in.)