File:Drawing, Preliminary study for cartoon for printed cotton- The History of Henry the IV (L'Histoire de Henri IV), ca. 1820 (CH 18102747).jpg

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English: Drawing, Preliminary study for cartoon for printed cotton: The History of Henry the IV [L'Histoire de Henri IV], ca. 1820   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Preliminary study for cartoon for printed cotton: The History of Henry the IV [L'Histoire de Henri IV], ca. 1820
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English: Six islands show scenes from Voltaire's epic "Henriade": upper left: Henry IV before his tent on the field of battle, outside the walls of Paris , counseling the Chevalier d'Aumale before his duel with Henry, Viscount of Tourenne (Canto X, lines 48-49); upper right, Henry IV, seated in a landscape near the port of Dieppe, with his friend Duplessis-Mornay, converses with a holy hermit (Canto I, lines 229-232); center, the entrance of Henry IV into Paris, approaching on horseback the Cathedral of Notre Dame, as his subjects kneel before him (Canto X, lines 512-514); lower right, Henry IV taking leave of his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrees, before the Temple of Love, and returning with Mornay to the army (Canto IX, lines 344-348); lower center, Pavillon Henry IV of the Louvre; lower right, Henry IV in the Battle of Ivry, in which the Duke of Mayenne is defeated and the Earl of Egmont slain (Canto VIII, lines 180-181).
Date circa 1820
date QS:P571,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium graphite on cream colored paper
Dimensions 51.4 x 88.4 cm (20 1/4 x 34 13/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
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1898-21-1-b
Credit line Gift of Bridget Mahon
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  • Type: Drawing
  • Period: Empire
  • Country: France
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