Object Details
- Description
- A series of monuments lined side by side. At the center, Liberty and a tricolor with the inscription "LIBERTE" are on top of a pedestal in the shape of a prison tower; laterally are statues representing weights and measurements and columns with attributes referring to science. A snake, topped by an "X" is wound around the left column under a lozenge, representing Night: the top of the column is surrounded by a railing and carries a burning-glass; a thermometer and a weather-cock, "S" and "N" are at the right; the sculptures are shown against the parapet bordering a terrace; behind it rise two cranes, and parts of structures with loggias in Romanesque style.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Attributions
- Jean-Jacques Lequeu, French, 1757 – 1826
- Date
- 1795–1800
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and gray, red and blue wash on paper, joined at center
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 47.6cm (8 1/2 x 18 3/4in.)
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
