Drawing, "Sketches 4 and 5 of cartoon for cotton printing:The History of Henry IV [L'Histoire de Henri IV]", ca. 1820
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- Object ID: 18102877
- Accession Number: 1898-21-22-a
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2AMmz/
- Drawing, "Sketches 4 and 5 of cartoon for cotton printing:The History of Henry IV [L'Histoire de Henri IV]", ca. 1820. ca. 1820. Pencil on cream-colored paper. Gift of Bridget Mahon. 1898-21-22-a.
- Period: Neoclassical
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- Possibly by Hartmann et Fils Manufactory
Island scene from Voltaire's epic. Henri the IV before his tent on the field of battle, outside the walls of Paris, counsels the Chevalier d'Aumale before his duel with Henri, Vicomte de Turenne (Canto X, lines 48-49).
This drawing is pencil on cream-colored paper. Its dimensions are: 29.1 x 8.7 cm (11 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.).
It is inscribed Inscribed in pencil in the artist's hand: "groupe coin a sauche" (middle left center), and "groupe/coin a droite/ pour reperé/ ager la groupe/ a gauche du haut" (extreme right center), and quotations from Volataire's text (bottom left and venter).
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Gift of Bridget Mahon. Its provenance is Miss Bridget Mahon (Gift) We acquired this object in 0000.
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