Title Page Design for Le Zodiaque Travesti (Farcical Zodiac)
Figure of a court jester with the torso of a bare-breasted woman. The jester points to a zodiacal sign with his left hand (one of the twelve signs depicted on the border of the medallion); he holds the jester's prop in his right hand. The roundel is surrounded by calligraphic flourishes within which the title is entwined.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster
1824
Brush and light brown wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, pen and brown, black ink, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper
1989-13-34
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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