Le prisonnier de Chillon, Eugène Delacroix, circa 1854

Plate 50: françois bonivard captive, barefoot and in tatters, chained to a pillar, strains in anguish as he tries to assist his younger brother, chained out of reach, barefoot and only partly clothed, who has collapsed; scene set in a vaulted dungeon of the château of chillon on lake geneva; after eugène delacroix. Circa 1854 lithograph on grey chine collé. Date: circa 1854. Dimensions: Height: 192 mm (image); Width: 247 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: François Bonivard. Collection: British Museum. Le prisonnier de Chillon (BM 1880,0710.53)