Frontispiece for a History of Peter the Great
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, French, 1738 – 1826
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A genius holds a crown over the medallion, the inside of which is cut out and replaced by the print; it stands on top of the support, most of which is covered by a cloth; attributes referring to Peter's activities lie upon or before, or lean against, the support; ruled borders in pen and black ink, gold leaf.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-209
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and orange wash, black chalk, engraving (portrait) on white laid paper laid down on blue paper mount
label: Dimensions
content: 19.4 x 13.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: mount: 25. x 19.3 cm
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)