album;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1871,0812.1051
- Description
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Caricature of Father Beaupoil; head and shoulders, seen in profile, facing left; wearing a skull-cap; 1730
Pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 1730
- Dimensions
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Height: 135 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 63 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See curatorial comment for 1871,0812.818.
The inscription states that the sitter was a French Jesuit who came for the election of the General of 1730. The sitter, likely a member of the Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire family, has not been identified. The General of the Jesuits elected in 1730 was Franz Retz (1673-1750).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,0812.1051