Cardinal Richelieu's Arrival at Lyons (colour litho)

Cardinal Richelieu's Arrival at Lyons. The last conspiracy against Richelieu was that of Cinq-Mars and De Thou. In order to attend the trial at Lyons, Richelieu embarked in his barge to make the journey by way of the Rhone, and De Thou was placed in a barge towed by that of the Cardinal. At Valence, however, the journey proved too fatiguing for Richelieu, and he was landed to complete it in a large canopied litter carried on the shoulders of his men. Notwithstanding his illness his mind never lost its activity, and in his strange carriage a chair and table were actually placed for his secretary. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson, c.1920).