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Le tombeau de Voltaire // [The tomb of Voltaire].
1778
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E East 49/GC077/Box 51/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles L-N GA 2012.01121
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [1778?]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Symbolism in art
- Tombs—France—Paris—In art
- Voltaire, 1694-1778—Tomb—In art
- Authors, French—18th century—Portraits
- Philosophers—France—18th century—Portraits
- Catherine II Empress of Russia 1729-1796—Portraits
- Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783—Portraits
- Mathematicians—France—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Portraits, Russian—18th century
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Russia—Kings and rulers—18th century—Portraits
- Empresses—Russia—18th century—Portraits
- Personification in art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Le tombeau de Voltaire // [The tomb of Voltaire].
- Call Number
- E East 49/GC077/Box 51/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles L-N GA 2012.01121
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcth83mb721
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [1778?]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1778
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25.3 x 33.3 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [etcher] [engraver]
- Medium: Etchings, Engravings
- Depiction: Allegorical scene with view of Voltaire's tomb; at left, four quarters of the world represented by historic figures [D'Alembert as Europe; Catherine II as Asia; Prince Oronoco as Africa; and Benjamin Franklin as America]; Ignorance personified at right.
- Inscribed in plate, below: "Dedie a Madame la Marquise de Villette, Dame de Ferney . . . Se vend a Paris Chez Alibert Md. d'Estampes, au Palais Royal, et chez le Noir Mo. du Cabinet des Estampes du Roi, au Louvre".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "L.V. inv.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "C.M. sculp.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Symbolism in art
- Tombs—France—Paris—In art
- Voltaire, 1694-1778—Tomb—In art
- Authors, French—18th century—Portraits
- Philosophers—France—18th century—Portraits
- Catherine II Empress of Russia 1729-1796—Portraits
- Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783—Portraits
- Mathematicians—France—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Portraits, Russian—18th century
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Russia—Kings and rulers—18th century—Portraits
- Empresses—Russia—18th century—Portraits
- Personification in art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5723347d-4267-480a-a389-17e856125fdb/manifest