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A Scene from Voltaire's "La Pucelle"

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William Rothenstein
1872-1945

A Scene from Voltaire's "La Pucelle"

1896
etching
image: 140 x 189 mm; sheet: 207 x 265 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2449
Notes
Published title from the Savoy.
Etching by Rothenstein, published in The Savoy, no. 1 (London : Smithers, 1896), p. 147.
Library's copy printed on handmade paper, unlike the published plates in The Savoy, which were printed on art paper.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows the figure of Joan of Arc astride a winged donkey, viewed from the back, as she flies into battle over ranks of troops below.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints