Medium:

Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper

Dimensions:

8.5 × 10.5 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

Type:

jewelry

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

possibly North Italy, Italy

Date:

ca. 1790–1800

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Jewelry design for a brooch. An eagle with spread wings, supporting with his beak a teardrop-shaped diamond, and in his claws a scroll with the inscription: LIBERTE EGALITE

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Accession Number:

1938-88-890

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/kq4b75fff1b-299b-4bf0-aee9-9ba4fc874f89

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-890