Voltaire at the Bastille writes La Henriade and Œdipe (V. Hugo, Littérature et philosophie mêlées, Edition nationale, t37) - Drink after Merwart
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Date :
1894
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre, eau-forte
Storage Location :
147944 T. 37
Signed work
Description
"Also, right from the start of his career, he was attributed with some pretty nasty, highly impertinent verses that got him put in the Bastille, a harsh punishment for bad rhymes. It was during this enforced leisure that the twenty-two-year-old Voltaire sketched out his pallid poem of the League, from the Henriade onwards, and completed his remarkable drama of Oedipe. After a few months in the Bastille, he was both released and pensioned by the Regent d'Orléans, whom he thanked for taking care of his upkeep, and begged him to stop taking care of his lodgings." (On Voltaire, December 1823)
History :
- Signed and bottom and under engraving left "L. Merwart inv.", right "I. Boisson sc."
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Technical Data
Notice #024665
Image editing :
Image web
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Bibliography :
Camille Page, Déambuler dans la Galerie des Illustres, Numéro Illustrer le roman national, 2025