Cartouche Set on the Prow of a Ship
date: label: Date
content: 1743-1763
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-Gabriel Huquier, French, 1730 - 1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a title page in the form of a ship. The prow of a ship is supported by two mer-creatures on either side. Above, the sail of the ship functions as a rectangular cartouche where text would be placed. A variety of shells, coral and seaweed adorn the area above the sail.
place: 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: 1921-6-231-25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 30.2 x 19.8 cm (11 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 33.4 x 22.1 cm (13 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 45 x 29.5 cm (17 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.)