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Drawing, Design for a Monument Commemorating Systematization of Weights and Measures in France
This is a Drawing. It was attributions: Jean-Jacques Lequeu. It is dated 1795–1800 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray, red and blue wash on paper, joined at center . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled For Liberty, Equality, and the Metric System.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
21.6 x 47.6cm (8 1/2 x 18 3/4in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and black ink, on the flag: "LIBERTE"; on pedestal at left: "POIDS"; at right: "MESURES"; at lower center: "LA LIBERTE/SORT DU SEIN DE L'ESCLAVAGE"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Monument Commemorating Systematization of Weights and Measures in France; Attributions: Jean-Jacques Lequeu (French, 1757 – 1825); France; pen and black ink, brush and gray, red and blue wash on paper, joined at center ; 21.6 x 47.6cm (8 1/2 x 18 3/4in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-461
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
