Design for Cartouche with Cupid, a Horse and Spears from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"
Design of a cartouche composed of a mask above, below sphinxes with bearded men's heads; profile image of a woman. Lower portion of design includes foliate C-curves growing from a bearded man's head.
Credit: Gift of Margery and Frederick Schab
18th century
Etching on paper
1999-16-3
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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