Belisarius
date: label: Date
content: 1821
name: label: Engraver
content: Jean-Louis-Toussaint Caron (French, 1790-1832), French, 1790 – 1832
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Five scenes from the story of the general Belisarius Printed in purple on white. Signed: Caron. Two curtains with the trade mark "Indienne Francaise" (curtain "a").
label: Description
content: The story of Belisarius, a Byzantine general who was victorious on the field of battle but falsely accused of conspiracy and disgraced, became very popular at the end of the 18th century after the publication of Belisaire by Marmontel in 1767. The central scene is after David's 1781 painting "Belisarius." (Recognized by a soldier who had served under him at the moment a woman gives him alms.)
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W. and J. Sloane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-43-20-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Object Name
content: Textile
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; mordant for purple.
label: Dimensions
content: a) Warp x Weft: 250 x 223.7 cm (8 ft. 2 7/16 in. x 7 ft. 4 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: b) Warp x Weft: 249.5 x 228.4 cm (8 ft. 2 1/4 in. x 7 ft. 5 15/16 in.)