print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1896,0511.316
- Title
- Object: Charles V dit le Sage, Roi en 1364, mort en 1380 âgé de 43 ans
- Description
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Allegory on the reign of Charles V, enthroned, surrounded by several personifications, including Justice and Prudence, and Fortune, blind-folded and chained up to the Kingdom; Du Guesclin sits at the King's feet, on a pile of shields bearing the names of the territories recaptured from English rule, and looks down at England, personified by a woman with a unicorn; in ornate border, with portrait of Charles V in circular medallion; illustration, page 270, for Hénault's 'Nouvel Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France' (Paris: Prault, 1768)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1769-1780
- Dimensions
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Height: 313 millimetres
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Width: 245 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
- 1896
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1896,0511.316