Riche Diligence de Ville Montée sur des Ressorts a l'Angloise
date: label: Date
content: 1760-1790
name: label: Designer
content: Janel, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a stagecoach with images showing the profile, the face of the carriage, and a detailed diagram of the spring mechanism. At left, is a key of the plan for the design. The stagecoach is richly decorated with painted scenes of Minerva with a Coat of Arms upon a cloud, and features carved ornament motifs including rosettes, bead and leaf course, garland, scrolling acanthus leaves, and urns. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-413-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper