Cartoon for Printed Cotton: The Four Elements [Les Quatre Elements], Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836, Pen and black ink, traces of graphite on cream laid paper, mounted, A design 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, a similar unfinished panel along the upper left margin. The vignettes show: upper left, Juno seated in a chariot drawn over the clouds by peacocks accompanied by amoretti (personifying 'Air'); lower left, Vulcan forging armor (personifying 'Fire'); upper right, Saturn seated in a landscape holding a cornucopia and beside him a globe, quartered with four animals (personifying 'Earth'); lower right, Venus borne over the water on a shell drawn by dolphins, attended by amoretti (personifying 'Water')., Scale, in pen and black ink (according to Richard Wunder, by the artist's hand), lower margin., Munster, France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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Cartoon, Printed Cotton, Four Elements, Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, B, M, Lebert, 1759–1836, Pen, black ink, traces, graphite, cream laid paper, mounted, design, composed, four vignettes separated, pairs vertically, center, composition, strip composed, trophies symbolizing, elements, repeat, unfinished panel, upper left margin, vignettes, upper left, Juno seated, chariot drawn, clouds, peacocks accompanied, amoretti, personifying 'Air', lower left, Vulcan forging armor, personifying 'Fire', upper right, Saturn seated, landscape holding, cornucopia, beside, globe, quartered, four animals, personifying 'Earth', lower right, Venus borne, water, shell drawn, dolphins, attended, amoretti, personifying 'Water', Scale, pen, black ink, according, Richard Wunder, artist's hand, lower margin, Munster, France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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