print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1875,0710.2733
- Title
- Object: Louis VIII dit Coeur de Lion, Roy en 1223, mort en 1226 âgé de 39 ans
- Description
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Allegory on the reign of King Louis VIII of France; the armed King, who was about to strike the English with his sword, is stopped by Pope Honorus III, who points at two female figures symbolizing the Albigense heresy at left; a priest holding a cross also stands beside the King; in ornate border, with portrait of Louis VIII in circular medallion; illustration from volume I page 180, of Hénault's 'Nouvel Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France' (Paris: Prault, 1768)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1766-1772
- Dimensions
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Height: 307 millimetres
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Width: 243 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1872,1012.1551 for comment on book.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Nouvel Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France (1768)
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0710.2733