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Drawing, Sketches for Scenes Four and Five of Cartoon for Cotton Printing: L'Histoire de Henri IV

This is a Drawing. It was possibly by Hartmann et Fils. It is dated ca. 1820. Its medium is graphite on cream-colored paper, mounted. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bridget Mahon. It is credited Gift of Bridget Mahon.

Its dimensions are

28.1 × 86.1 cm (11 1/16 × 33 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, left margin: Le Roi mit desu les main la gloire de la france / la, dit-il l'un superbe abaisser l'insolence. / chant 10 [...] Inscribed in pencil in the artist's hand: "groupe coin a sauche" (middle left center), and "groupe/coin a droite/ pour reperé/ ager la groupe/ a gauche du haut" (extreme right center), and quotations from Volataire's text (bottom left and venter).

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Drawing, Sketches for Scenes Four and Five of Cartoon for Cotton Printing: L'Histoire de Henri IV; Possibly by Hartmann et Fils (France); France; graphite on cream-colored paper, mounted; 28.1 × 86.1 cm (11 1/16 × 33 7/8 in.); Gift of Bridget Mahon; 1898-21-22-a

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