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Contemporary History of France, Volume IV, Title page for: Thomas Salmon, Contemporary History or The Continuation of General History, 1772, Allegory on the History of France, print, title page, Landscape with a battle. In the foreground, History holding a painting and a medallion bearing the portraits of King Clovis and his wife Clothilde. On the right, putti with the coat of arms and a map of France and a rooster as a symbol of France. On a pedestal, the title in Dutch., printmaker: Jan Caspar Philips, Amsterdam, publisher: Groot en Zoon, Gerrit de, publisher: Petrus Schouten, publisher: Pieter van der Eyk, Leiden, publisher: Daniel Vijgh, 1771, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 173 mm x width 122 mm, Title page for: Salmon, Thomas. Contemporary History or The Continuation of General History, Gerrit de and Schouten, Petrus, Leiden: Eyk, Pieter van der and Vijgh, Daniel, 1772. Print originating from a scrapbook with title prints, ornaments etc. on blue paper, disassembled in 1983. According to a note on the verso, the print was on p. 201 of this album., Person, Clothilde (Queen of the Franks), Clovis I (King of the Franks), 'Historia', personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, France, A detailed engraved scene shows a landscape with a winding river and distant hills under a sky filled with swirling clouds and smoke rising from a burning area on a hill where small figures stand near flames. In the foreground a seated winged female figure holds a long palm frond and leans against a framed architectural image, surrounded by scattered objects including weaponry and a large coin-like medallion. Nearby a cherubic child reaches up to hand an ornate shield to another cherub
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B30_227
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Droits gérés
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37.4Mo (10.4Mo) / 25.4cm x 36.8cm / 3005 x 4352 (300dpi)