Intérieur de la chambre de Voltaire à Fernea. Mes Mànes sont consolés puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous. Son esprit est partout et son coeur est ici.
Litch. Ch. Gruaz, Geneve. [n.d. c.1850.] Lithograph with large margins. 241 x 319mm (9½ x 12½"). Few dust marks. When Voltaire was banned from Paris by Louis XV, he turned to Geneva, however they passed a law that banned theatrical performances and so in 1758 he crossed the French border to Ferney. Voltaire's reign over Ferney saw the town expand rapidly.
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