Tribute to Georges Étienne Cartier, Rodolphe Bresdin, 1874 print Unfinished print with allegories on a very richly decorated monument as a tribute to the Canadian politician Georges Étienne Cartier. His portrait is depicted twice. At the foot of the monument, his bust stands for an empty medallion that is flanked by two sea gods. The medallion was probably intended for a map of Canada. A train is displayed on top of the round list. The second portrait is completely at the top of a column flanked by two lying women with different attributes such as books, snakes, stars, measuring instruments, h
Tribute to Georges Étienne Cartier, Rodolphe Bresdin, 1874 print Unfinished print with allegories on a very richly decorated monument as a tribute to the Canadian politician Georges Étienne Cartier. His portrait is depicted twice. At the foot of the monument, his bust stands for an empty medallion that is flanked by two sea gods. The medallion was probably intended for a map of Canada. A train is displayed on top of the round list. The second portrait is completely at the top of a column flanked by two lying women with different attributes such as books, snakes, stars, measuring instruments, horn and a wagon wheel. The four other women are personifications of the four peoples in Canada from France, Scotland, Ireland and England recognizable by their attributes, Lelie, Distel, Klaverblad and Roos. paper allegorical representation of human figure of ideal proportions
Size: 4268px × 6380px
Photo credit: © piemags/rmn / Alamy / Afripics
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