Unfinished cartoon for an alternate design for cotton printing: 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: A central island and four smaller ones illustrate legends from the later life of the blind Byzantine general, Belisarius (ca. 505-565), of Macedonia: upper left, the dream of Belisarius; upper right, Belisarius recognizing a friend; center, Belisarius setting free the Visigoths; lower left, Belisarius begging alms at the gates of Constantinople; lower right, Belisarius' dream of Justice. Alternate suggestions of a patterned ground given.
place: label: made in
content: Probably 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-c
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and grey washes on cream-colored paper (mounted)
label: Dimensions
content: 45.5 × 85.5 cm (17 15/16 × 33 11/16 in.)