print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1900,1231.639
- Description
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Classical setting with young man kneeling at left and trying to prevent Creon from killing himself with his own sword; finished state; after Moitte; illustration to 'La Thébaïde', act V scene VI; illustration to the second edition of 'Oeuvres de Jean Racine' (Paris: Didot l'Ainé, 1816). c.1816
Etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1816 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 215 millimetres
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Width: 134 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For a working proof touched by Velyn see also 1900,1231.640
This is from the octavo edition (1816); for the folio edition (1801-1805) see 1900,0426.6
- 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
- 1900,1231.639
