I think the bigger issue is removing the context and cropping the complete work here, which quite likely is already a grave deviation from Minards intent (note

I think the bigger issue is removing the context and cropping the complete work here, which quite likely is already a grave deviation from Minards intent (note the Northing of the Hannibal map to align with Napoleon's). It’s originally a 2 panel/figure page evoking a comparison between Hannibal's campaign over the Alps with vs. Napoleon's French Army in Russia 1812-1813 Sarah Rendgen just recently got a book published on the topic: The Minard System: The Complete Statistical Graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard Here is the whole print in question: https://i2.wp.com/geekdad.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/01/PAP_MinardSystem_Spread6.jpg?ssl=1 https://i2.wp.com/geekdad.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/201... from https://geekdad.com/2019/01/the-minard-system-charles-joseph-minards-innovative-use-of-statistical-graphics/ https://geekdad.com/2019/01/the-minard-system-charles-joseph... [Book] https://www.papress.com/html/product.details.dna?isbn=9781616896331 https://www.papress.com/html/product.details.dna?isbn=978161... Landsteiner makes notes on this, with a section in a previous article too: https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2018/observing-minard https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2018/observing-minard https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17808302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17808302