Cadran à Vent de Me le Duc de Mortemart en 1724 (Design for a Barometer for the Duc of Mortemart in 1724), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Barometer at center topped with female figure with raised right arm, clouds around her. Barometer's inscription: NORD; EST; OUEST; SUD. Below three nude figures, one pours liquid contents of amphora into rocaille formation below sitting on platform. Left, wall; right, window.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-212-56
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 54.9 x 34.8 cm (21 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.)