Cartoon for Printed Textile: The History of Henri IV [L'Histoire de Henri IV]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scenes from the life of Henri IV (1553-1610), King of France, as described in Voltaire's "Henriade": scene 1, upper left: Henri and his friend, Duplessis-Mornay, are seated near the port of Dieppe, conversing with a holy hermit (Canto, lines 229-232); scene 2, upper right: Henri, entering Paris in triumph, is received by his subjects (Canto X, lines 512-514); scene 3, center: Henri in the Battle of Ivry, in which the Duc de Mayenne was defeated and the Earl of Egmont slain (Canto VIII, lines 180-181); scene 4, lower left: before his tent on the battlefield outside Paris, Henri counsels the Chevalier d'Aumale before his duel with Henri, Vicomte de Turenne (Canto X, lines 48-49); scene 5, lower right: Henri taking leave of his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrees, before the Temple of Love, returns with Mornay to his army (Canto IX, lines 344-348). At the top of the design is the Pont Neuf, and at the bottom, the Pavillon Henri IV of the Louvre, signifying the public works carried out in Paris by the monarch. Voltaire's couplets are included (in ink) with each scene.
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content: Possibly Munster, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bridget Mahon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1898-21-1-a
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on cream wove paper (mounted)
label: Dimensions
content: 53.8 x 85 cm (21 3/16 x 33 7/16 in.)