Study for a Cartoon for Printed Cotton: Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash on cream laid paper, First preliminary sketch (full-scale) for a textile, for a cartoon depicting the Four Elements. The design is composed of four vignettes; separated in pairs vertically. The vignettes show: upper left, Juno seated in a chariot drawn over the clouds by peacocks and ccompanied by amoretti (personifying Air); lower left, Vulvan forging armor (personifying Fire); center right: Saturn seated in a landscape holding a cornucopia and beside him a globe, quartered (personifying Earth); lower right (with partial repeat shown in upper right), Venus borne over the water on a shell drawn by dolphins, attended by amoretti (personifying Water)., Munster, France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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Study, Cartoon, Printed Cotton, Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, Pen, black ink, brush, grey wash, cream laid paper, First preliminary sketch, full-scale, textile, cartoon depicting, Four Elements, design, composed, four vignettes, separated, pairs vertically, vignettes, upper left, Juno seated, chariot drawn, clouds, peacocks, ccompanied, amoretti, personifying Air, lower left, Vulvan forging armor, personifying Fire, center right, Saturn seated, landscape holding, cornucopia, beside, globe, quartered, personifying Earth, lower right, partial repeat shown, upper right, Venus borne, water, shell drawn, dolphins, attended, amoretti, personifying Water, Munster, France, 1810–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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