Design for a Marine Trophy
Unknown Maker
The stern of a sail ship with the Napoleonic eagle as a mast head, a trident, an oar are shown in the top part, an axe, a sword, an anchor, a laurel wreath and a compass suspended from a scarf, in the bottom part. Laurel boughs form the background. Colored ground.
Credit: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
c. 1810
Pencil, pen, and ink with Chinese black ink on paper, pricked
1908-26-130
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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