Le Sacrifice à l'Amour (Offrande à l'Amour)
Printed in dark brown showing a shepherd and female figure in classical dress making an offering to love who stands on a pedestal; children dancing while shepherd plays his flute; domestic scene of a mother with children; several shepherds and shepherdesses, sheep, dogs, cats and fowl; background glimpses of architectural detail.
c. 1795
Medium: cotton Technique: copperplate printed on plain weave
1939-38-1-a,b
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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