This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color lightgrey darkkhaki dimgrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1911

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for a Public Monument to be Erected on a Paris Square

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean-Pierre Laurent Houël. It is dated ca. 1802 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Star-Studded Tour of France.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.

  • New World Radio Radio
  • catalin (thermosetting plastic), metal, textile materials.
  • Gift of George R. Kravis II.
  • 2011-44-1

Its dimensions are

28.3 x 22.8 cm (11 1/8 x 9 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Strasburg lily: fragmented fleur-de-lis in a shield.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Public Monument to be Erected on a Paris Square; Designed by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël (French, 1735–1813); France; pen and gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, graphite on white laid paper; 28.3 x 22.8 cm (11 1/8 x 9 in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-412

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18172021/ |title=Drawing, Design for a Public Monument to be Erected on a Paris Square |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=19 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>