Title Page (Upper Plate)
date: label: Date
content: 1680–1703
name: label: Designer
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
label: Dedicatee
content: Louis, Prince de Condé, French, 1621 – 1686
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two plates printed on a single sheet, one above the other. The upper plate is a title page for a series of prints. The title is lettered in the center on a large fountain wall within a basin, topped with a pediment featuring the French royal coat of arms. Trees along the sides and figures (courtiers) along the paths. The lower plate illustrates the entrance to the Chateau of Chantilly, with an equestrian statue in the center and the chateau to the left. Figures, horseman, and horse drawn carriages arriving and leaving. The lower plate is titled.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Chantilly, 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: 1921-6-533-181
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper