Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of Africa
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Asymmetrical cartouche with a giant lizard, a crocodile at top, the head of an elephant at right. Leaf and shell motifs decorate the border of the cartouche, a bow and arrow at bottom center.
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: 1921-6-326-19
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 22.3 x 18.7 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.)