Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fixed fan
Object Number:
Z.1445
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper, paint, ribbon
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 10 x 3/8 in. ( 41.9 x 25.4 x 1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "LE POT DE TERRE, ET LE POT DE FER."
printed: on reverse: "LE POT DE TERRE, / ET LE POT DE FER. / Extrait de la Fontaine. Liv. V. Fab. II. / [etc.]"
printed: on reverse, below text: "à Paris, ches F. Chereau, rue St. Jacques, aux 2
Description:
Cardboard fixed fan with printed imagery and text; obverse with hand-tinted engraving depicting a rustic landscape with an iron pot and a broken earthenware pot together in the foreground; reverse with printed excerpt from a fable of La Fontaine; carved wooden handle.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
