Artist:

Claude-Louis Desrais, (French, 1746–1816)  Search this

Manufacturer:

Lafosse, Lionnet et Médard  Search this

Medium:

Pen and black ink with gray washes on paper

Dimensions:

65.7 × 90 cm (25 7/8 × 35 7/16 in.)

Object Name:

Drawing

Type:

Drawing

Made in:

Montpellier, France

Date:

1785

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

The composition of this design for a textile, includes four hounds crossing a small stream; hunters with spears and dogs pursuing the chase in the vicinity of a memorial column; a hunter with a spear directing two hunting dogs to the scent; a hunter on horseback, seen from the back; three hunters on horseback, and one unmounted, with three hunting dogs attacking a wild boar.

Credit Line:

Gift of Bridget Mahon

Accession Number:

1898-21-5-c

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4672b9429-d7d6-4e66-93e7-71a959134d38

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1898-21-5-c