miércoles, 8 de mayo de 2013

VOLTAIRE - Portrait Gallery 2/2 - Salons + Work Illustrations

     Reading of the Tragedy     Reading of the Tragedy of Voltaire in Thesalon of Mrs. Jeoffrin

Argument Between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire     Henri IV (1553-1610) Reconciling Frederick William II (1744-97) and Voltaire (1694-1778)     Frederick the Great Entertaining Voltaire at Sanssouci, Germany

The Crowning of Voltaire at the Theatre Francais     Voltaire Ferney     Voltaire with Friends     Voltaire Crowned by Mademoiselle Clairon, Engraved by Jean Victor (B.1718) 1791 (Engraving)

A Petition to Be Released from Jail, 31st June 1753     King Frederick and Voltaire (Colour Litho)     Letter Written by Voltaire to the French Foreign Minister in Paris, 1st August 1743

Francois Voltaire with King Frederick II of Prussia at Sanssouci Near Potsdam     The Calas Family Before Voltaire at Ferney     The Caning of Voltaire


     The Apotheosis of Voltaire, 1778     The Actor Lekain as Genghis Khan, in 'L'Orphelin De La Chine' by Voltaire (1694-1778) 1765

Gabrielle Emilia, Marquise Du Chatelet French Writer, Mistress of Voltaire     Voltaire, Various Sketched Portraits     Gabrielle Emilia, Marquise Du Chatelet French Writer, Mistress of Voltaire

Two Girls Admire a Youth as He Bathes in a Lake - a Scene from Voltaire's Novel 'L'Ingenu'     Scene from      My Captain Kept Me Concealed Behind Him, and Cut Down Everyone Who Opposed Him, Candide Voltaire


A Map Inspired by           Frontispiece Illustration of 'La Henriade' by Voltaire