Sujet

Cradle of Henri IV, at the Chateau, Pau, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cradle of Henri IV, at the Chateau, Pau [in France], 1854. 'Its construction is curious. A trophy of flags, placed on spears, and rising three at each end of the cradle, supports a cushion with drapery and a helmet, with plume of feathers; balanced under this trophy hangs a large tortoise-shell, the hollow side upwards. By this shell hangs a story. In the stormy days of the revolution, when the castle was stormed and pillaged, almost everything of value and interest smashed or stolen, the Commandant of the Castle conceived the daring idea of substituting a shell of the same size, possessed by a gentleman who was the owner of a cabinet of objects of rarity in Pau. The exchange was made atnight, and with great, danger, but it was successful. The original, however, was not restored for some years, and until the country bad grown somewhat settled'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_493

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

6,4Mo (606,4Ko) / 10,7cm x 15,0cm / 1260 x 1774 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel flag flags country French France British tortoiseshell tortoise shell location century banner Britain newspapers press artefact artifact B&W tourist attraction cradle standard 19th century black & white black and white B W 16th century nineteenth century sixteenth century tourism The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper engraving Unknown King Henry IV Henry IV Henri IV Henry IV of France Henri IV of France King Henri IV of France King of France 19th-century