Chef des Indiens (Indian Chief), plate 8 from the series Caravanne du Sultan a la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca)
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Artist
content: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809
label: Etcher
content: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Dark-skinned man with mustache leans against low wall. Both hands at belt, from which hangs long curved sword. He faces frontally, and wears stiff striped turban with fur, feathers, and pearls.
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: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor G. Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-195-22
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 20.5 x 13.4 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.)