print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1900,1231.638
- Description
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Classical setting with Antigone kneeling before Creon and praising him; the latter stands at right, arms folded on his chest; a young man in classical armour stands behind him; on the left, Jocasta, seated on a throne, and her son Eteokles; working proof touched by Velyn; after Moitte; illustration to 'La Thébaïde', act III scene V; illustration to the second edition of 'Oeuvres de Jean Racine' (Paris: Didot l'Ainé, 1816). c.1816
Etching touched with white and grey wash
- Production date
- 1816 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 133 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 103 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For a finished state see also 1900,1231.637.
This is from the octavo edition (1816); for the folio edition (1801-1805) see 1900,0426.4
Watermark on paper: ''DER I LY [?]''
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: La Thébaïde
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Associated Title: Oeuvres complètes de Jean Racine (1798-1805)
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1900,1231.638
