print;
title-page;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1867,0713.706-707
- Title
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Object: She perceived her misfortune, and was seized with horror
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Object: The Adventures of Gil Blas Translated from the French of Le Sage By Tobias Smollett, M.D.
- Description
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Title-page and frontispiece, printed from a single plate.
frontispiece to left: a young woman clasping her hands to her breast and looking up in fear to right, surrounded by highwaymen with an older woman standing behind her.
titlepage to right: with a vignette showing a young woman holding up a candle, addressing a young man who has been hiding under a covered table, while an older woman lifts the cloth.
Etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1800-1830 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 138 millimetres
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Width: 148 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Adventures of Gil Blas
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0713.706-707
