print
- Museum number
- 1914,0228.2716
- Description
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Interior with at centre pedantic nobleman Trissotin sitting on a chair and reading his poems to Philaminte, Bélise and Armande while Henriette sits aloof on the left; scene from Molière's 'Les Femmes savantes', act III scene 2; proof before letter
Etching, printed on thin paper
- Production date
- 1870s
- Dimensions
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Height: 120 millimetres
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Width: 162 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Possibly a proof before letter of a plate published in 'L'Artiste', 1879, volume I page 377 (IFF 69).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Les Femmes Savantes
- Acquisition date
- 1914
- Acquisition notes
- BM stamp on verso, yellow: 'British Museum / 10 NO 1900'.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1914,0228.2716