Cartoon for cotton printing: The Life of Belisaire [La Vie de Bélisaire]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Designer
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The design of a finished cartoon for a textile illustrates five scenes from the later life of the Byzantine general, Belisarius (ca.505-565), of Macedonia. On upper left, Belisarius' dream; upper right, Belisarius recognizing a friend; center, Belisarius setting free the Visigoths; lower left, Belisarius begging alms at the gates of Constantinople; and lower right, Belisarius' dream of justice. A schematic substitution by the artist is pasted in the upper center of the composition.
place: label: made in
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: 1898-21-3-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 ink with gray wash and white heightening on cream colored paper (mounted)
label: Dimensions
content: 52 x 87 cm (20 1/2 x 34 1/4 in.)