This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Design for Coat of Arms, from "Livre de Cartouches"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Nicolas Guérard. It is dated ca. 1680 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

26.6 × 18.1 cm (10 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: F [heart] I (?)

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Coat of Arms, from "Livre de Cartouches"; Print Maker: Nicolas Guérard (French, 1648–1719); France; etching on paper; 26.6 × 18.1 cm (10 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-169-3

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://development.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18219167/ |title=Print, Design for Coat of Arms, from "Livre de Cartouches" |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=31 October 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>