Fourth Diagram by Henry Dunant
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Between 1877 and 1890, Henry Dunant (1828–1910) produced a series of diagrams reflecting his distinctive understanding of humanity’s past and future. Inspired by Christian revivalism, the drawings depict a timeline from the Flood of Noah to what Dunant believed was an impending Apocalypse. The diagrams fuse mystical references with biblical, historic and scientific events, while also setting up a clear opposition between Geneva, as the centre of the Reformation, and the Catholic Church.
Between 1877 and 1890 Fourth drawing out of a series of four, coloured pencils, ink, India ink, wax crayons, watercolours, approx. 100 x 70 cm Donated by the Henry Dunant Institute, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum Collection COL-2000-14-1, COL-2000-14-2, COL-2000-14-3, COL-2000-14-4