Design for Porcelain Plate, Le Lion (Leo), Le Zodiaque Travesti

A small framed vignette shows a man in a top hat and dark coat gesturing toward a picture of a lion-like figure, while a seated figure in a bonnet and a standing companion look on. Handwritten French captions and the words Le lion appear on the cream sheet.

Artist

Jean Charles Develly

Date

1824

Medium

Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream la

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1777 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum