drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1859,0514.340.5
- Description
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Design for the titlepage of a French translation of Grotius's 'De Jure Belli ac Pacis', with four allegorical women gathered a round a globe, which is surmounted by a bust of Louis XIV which is crowned by an angle with the trumpet of Fame. 1687
Pen and brown ink on blue paper with white heightening (oxidised)
- Production date
- 1687
- Dimensions
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Height: 217 millimetres
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Width: 155 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The design for the frontispiece of the 1687 translation by M. de Courtin in 2 vols, quarto (BL 502.f.6,7).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: De Jure Belli ac Pacis
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0514.340.5
