Valentine Feast

ca. 1780

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, lake with architectural island; masonry platform with fountains, crowned with pair of lions. At top, three sprays of fireworks. On lake, two boats with fireworks. Across bottom, crowd of human figures shown in silhouette.

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Title: Valentine Feast
Date Created: ca. 1780
Location Created: Savoy, France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Cut paper on wood frame
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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