Ink and wash drawing of bearded Jupiter seated on clouds with lightning bolt and eagle, under an ornate scrolled letter J, with 'Jupiter' inscribed below.

Jupiter: Design for the Letter J, Pictorial Alphabet

A pen and ink wash drawing shows a bearded, robed figure seated on clouds, holding a lightning bolt in one hand and a staff in the other, beside an eagle. Ornate scrolling flourishes frame a large decorative letter J above, and the word Jupiter is inscribed below.

Artist: Victor Vincent Adam
Date: ca. 1830
Medium: Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 860 × 1280 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1835).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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