Repas des mystes de Bacchus, Planche XLIII

Engraved by François Anne David

Published 1785

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This still life of inanimate objects has been assembled on a table draped with red and blue textiles. The arrangement includes a globe, a skull with a detached jawbone, a book opened to pages with printed portraits of Charles I and Henrietta a round box with coral branches on the lid, shells, a statue of a putto, two female busts, bubbles, glasses, and a candleholder that has fallen over with the candle just snuffed out.
Les Portraits de MM. de Béthune jouant avec un chien (Portraits of Marquis Béthune’s Children Playing with a Dog), François-Hubert Drouais, oil on canvas
Three-forths portrait of General Lee dressed in uniform. He stands with his body facing right and turns his head to the left, looking away from the viewer. His right hand extends in front of him. Behind him is a brick wall, canons, and a flag with the words "An Appeal to Heaven."
A botanical print depicting two red flowers with thin stems and long thin leaves. The plant in the lower right is uncolored.