print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1873,0510.2001
Description: Pygmalion kneeling at right and marvelling as Galatea comes to life, walks to the left, and touches a statue; in the background is the young woman's pedestal, surmounted by a curtain; an illustration to 'Pygmalion', in an unidentified edition of Rousseau's works Etching and engraving
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Production date: 1775-1800
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 119 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 65 millimetres
Curator's comments: One of several prints in the BM (1873,0510.1998 to 2002) taken from an unidentified edition of Rousseau's works. All were designed by Moreau le jeune, but in the absence of any inscription it is difficult to determine which edition they belong to; they do not seem to fit any of the editions recorded by Bocher in his catalogue of Moreau's works (see p.514 and following).
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Illustration to: Jean Jacques Rousseau; Representation of: Pygmalion; Representation of: Galatea
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Acquisition date: 1873
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1873,0510.2001

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