The Curiosity of the Chinese
date: label: Date
content: 1750–75
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A woman holds a small child up to look into a peepshow operated by a man in plumed hat. A seated woman plays a lute, at right. Two other children at left, before a trellis arcade. Wide ornamental border composed of scroll motifs, flowers and a canopy at top.
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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-22-256
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hand colored etching with watercolor and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22 3/4 X 32 3/4 in. (57.8 X 83.2 cm)