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Dedication to Monsieur de L'Orme, Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)

Christophe Huetca. 1743

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Dedication plate from a series of 23 bound prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. Textual plate with printed text divided into two columns separated by a vertical line. Bordering the text is a menagerie of animals including birds such as a chicken, duck, goose, parrot, ostrich, and other exotic birds. At lower center, a resting lion, tiger, and leopard. Surrounding the animals are decorative columns and ornament in rocaille style.

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  • Title: Dedication to Monsieur de L'Orme, Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)
  • Creator: Christophe Huet, French, 1700–1759, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard, French, 1719–ca. 1755
  • Date Created: ca. 1743
  • Location Created: Paris, France
  • Publisher: Charpentier, Paris, France
  • Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
  • Medium: Etching on paper
  • Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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