Tombeau de Voltaire,Catherine II,Prince Oronoco,1778?

Title: Le tombeau de Voltaire / L.V. inv. ; C.M. sculp.
Date Created/Published: Paris : Chez Alibert Md. d'Estampes, au Palais Royal, et chez le Noir Mo. du Cabinet des Estampes du Roi, au Louvre, [1778?]
Summary: Print shows the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America personified, respectively, as d'Alembert, Catherine II, Prince Oronoco, and Benjamin Franklin; they are about to honor the tomb of Voltaire when the personification of the Prejudice of Ignorance, rushes in from the right to disrupt the proceedings. Includes lengthy description below print.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption continues: Dédié à Madame la Marquise de Villette, Dame de Ferney.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 745.
Subjects:
Voltaire,--1694-1778--Tomb.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--France--1770-1780.
Ignorance (Knowledge)--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Intaglio prints--1770-1780.
Tableaux--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2004679074/
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