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Record Number: DRY0158

Related Work: Quentin Durward

Illustration Title/Caption: The Duke Denouncing the King

Keyword(s): Burgundy, Duke of - Crevecoeur de Cordes, Count Philip - Eating & Drinking - Louis XI, King of France ('Maitre Pierre')

Artist: Henry Marriott Paget

Engraver: James Davis Cooper

Work Type: wood engraving

Size(cm): 14.6 x 9.4

Date: 1894

Source Text: Waverley Novels [Dryburgh Edition], 25 vols (London & Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1892-94)

Position in Source Text: vol. 16, facing p. 318

Location of Copy: NLS, NG.1179.d

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts the Duke of Burgundy angrily pointing his finger at Louis XI (who sits dining at table), having heard confirmation of the death of the Bishop of Liege from the Count of Crevecoeur, who stands in formal dress alongside him [Ch. 27].

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