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
- Production date
- 1775-1800
- 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).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Pygmalion
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1873,0510.2001
