print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1062
- Description
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The Parisian mob led by Discord; on the right a seated female figure protecting the lamb and the Book with seven seals watches them walk past her; on the left, Charles de Lorraine and other men watching from a balcony; finished state of illustration preceding the fourth canto of 'L'Henriade', volume I page 61 of Voltaire's 'Collection Complète des Oeuvres', 30 vols in-4° (Geneva, 1768-1774). c.1768/74
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1768-1774 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 252 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 170 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1867,0309.1055 for comment.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: French Wars of Religion 1562-1598
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Collection Complète des Oeuvres (1768-74)
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Associated Title: Henriade
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1062
