Miss Landon saves her lover (Nelson, vol.1, Lepetit, An VI) - Mariage after Challiou
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Notice n°1 sur 4 Notice suivante
Date :
Entre 1797 et 1798
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
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P.o.gall. 2293-1
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Description
The engraving illustrates the story of Miss Landon. She was in love with a soldier, Ross, who was leaving for America. Without warning, she followed him, disguised as a man, to a battlefield, where she found him out of the way, shot with a poisoned arrow. To save him, she sucked out the venom, which herself condemned him to death.
History :
1. Signature lower left, "Cahlliou", and lower right, "Mariage".
Legend: "She sucked from the Wound the venom that would take her life;"
3. The illustration may evoke the Gothic theme of the vampire, or the theme of the inoculation of love staged by Rousseau in La Nouvelle Héloïse.
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Technical Data
Notice #025056
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Licence CC0 1.0 universel
