Object Details
- Designer
- Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël, French, 1735–1813
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Recto: In the midst of a plaza, above a basin and fountain cloud of mist, is a colossal globe monument, showing Africa, Europe and Asia above the clouds. On top is a chariot (quadriga) driven by Republican France, accompanied by a winged Liberty. The globe is a symbol of universal equality. People occupy the plaza; some are at the basin's edge. Verso: black chalk sketch of a monument. High pedestal, the bottom part of which is shaped like a tower, rises from narrow basin. At the top stands a figure and chariot.
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- ca. 1802
- Accession Number
- 1911-28-412
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, graphite on white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 28.3 x 22.8 cm (11 1/8 x 9 in.)
- designed in
- Paris, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1911-28-412
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b12c4242-4441-4b27-aa10-1e13809734ef
