print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1865,1014.175
- Description
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Plate 1: Gil Blas in the cavern; seated at a table with an old woman and a black man who addresses him; illustration to the reduced edition of Lesage's 'Gil Blas' (London: 1822, Vol 1. p.42; after Robert Smirke; open letter state. 1822
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1822
- Dimensions
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Height: 130 millimetres
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Width: 83 millimetres (sheet cut)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For the 1809 series and the 1822 reduced copies, see 1858.0417.212.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Gil Blas
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,1014.175