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Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jacques de Lajoüe. It is dated 1734 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is pen and brush and black ink, wash, graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Jacques de Lajoüe’s sea-themed cartouche designs were used by map printmakers, who could insert the title of a map within the empty frame.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
26 x 20.6 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
It is signed
Signed on the bottom right: "Lajoue"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches; Jacques de Lajoüe (French, 1687–1761); France; pen and brush and black ink, wash, graphite on cream laid paper; 26 x 20.6 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1914-21-29
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 and The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760 from the Alan & Simone Hartman Collection.
