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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
8 7/16 x 10 1/2 inches (214 x 266 mm)
Pen and black ink, inkwash, and graphite, on paper.
1986.2448

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Published title from the Savoy.
Drawing for an etching by Rothenstein, published in The Savoy, no. 1 (London : Smithers, 1896), p. 147.
Inscriptions/Markings
Quotation from the text written in ink in the artist's hand within the image at upper right: On voit déjà la ville où la justice Arrangeait tout pour cet affreux supplice; column of figures in pencil on verso.
Classification
Century Drawings