Cartoon for Cotton Printing: Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836, J. L. Lebert, French, early 19th century, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper, The design for a textile is composed of four vignettes, separated in pairs vertically, in the center of the composition by a strip composed of trophies symbolizing the elements, and at the repeat, by a strip showing the signs of the zodiac:, B: upper right, Saturn, holding a cornucopia, is seated in a landscape with a globe, quartered with four animals, beside him (personifying Earth); lower right, Venus bourne over the water on a shell drawn by dolphins and attended by amoretti (personifying Water)., Munster, France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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Cartoon, Cotton Printing, Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, B, M, Lebert, 1759–1836, J, L, Lebert, French, early 19th century, Pen, black ink, brush, gray wash, laid paper, design, textile, composed, four vignettes, separated, pairs vertically, center, composition, strip composed, trophies symbolizing, elements, repeat, strip showing, signs, zodiac, B, upper right, Saturn, holding, cornucopia, seated, landscape, globe, quartered, four animals, beside, personifying Earth, lower right, Venus bourne, water, shell drawn, dolphins, attended, amoretti, personifying Water, Munster, France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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