Cartoon for Printed Cotton: Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash on cream laid paper, mounted, An unfinished cartoon for cotton printing. Within vertically-disposed ornamental arabesques are: upper left, Juno seated in a chariot drawn ove the clouds by peacocks, and supporting the vignette are kneeling zephyrs facing each other (personifying Air); lower left, Vulcan forging armor, and supporting the vignette are two cyclopes (personifying Fire); upper right, sirens supporting the vignette showing Venus (shown below), center right, Saturn seated in a landscape, his right arm resting on a globe and attended by animals, and supporting the vignette are two standing Herculeses (personifying Earth); lower right, Venus borne over the water on a shell and accompanied by two tortoises (personifying Water). In the center of the composition and along the left edge are vertical strips composed of tophies symolizing the elements (uncompleted)., France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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Cartoon, Printed Cotton, Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, Pen, black ink, brush, grey wash, cream laid paper, mounted, unfinished cartoon, cotton printing, Within vertically-disposed ornamental arabesques, upper left, Juno seated, chariot drawn ove, clouds, peacocks, supporting, vignette, kneeling zephyrs facing, personifying Air, lower left, Vulcan forging armor, supporting, vignette, two cyclopes, personifying Fire, upper right, sirens supporting, vignette, Venus, shown, center right, Saturn seated, landscape, right arm resting, globe, attended, animals, supporting, vignette, two standing Herculeses, personifying Earth, lower right, Venus borne, water, shell, accompanied, two tortoises, personifying Water, center, composition, left edge, vertical strips composed, tophies symolizing, elements, uncompleted, France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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