Unfinished cartoon for an alternate design for cotton printing: La Vie de Bélisaire, B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836, Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), Pen and grey washes on cream-colored paper (mounted), A central island and four smaller ones illustrate legends from the later life of the blind Byzantine general, Belisarius (ca. 505-565), of Macedonia: upper left, the dream of Belisarius; upper right, Belisarius recognizing a friend; center, Belisarius setting free the Visigoths; lower left, Belisarius begging alms at the gates of Constantinople; lower right, Belisarius' dream of Justice

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