A Fountain in a Park
date: label: Date
content: 1763
name: label: Designer
content: Clement Jayet, French, 1731 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The obliquely shown fountain consists of a basin in the shape of a boat in which a shell with children and sea animals is supported by a dragon and children. The children pour water at each other or the dragon. A hedge with arched openings is supposed to form an enclosure. Framing ink lines. Paper margin.
place: label: designed 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: 1911-28-168
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and white gouache on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 35.7 x 22.7 cm (14 1/16 x 8 15/16 in.)