print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1914,0228.2792
- Title
- Object: Les Précieuses ridicules
- Description
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The servant Mascarille, dressed as a marquis, presents both his gloves to Cathos and Magdalon, who sit on either side of him and smell the gloves eagerly ; proof before letter of illustration to 'Les Précieuses ridicules', in an unidentified edition of Molière's works
Etching and engraving, inlaid into sheet of cream paper
- Production date
- 1815-1830 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 189 millimetres (sheet; no plate-mark)
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Width: 127 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For lettered state see 1914,0228.2793.
This is actually from scene IX, not X.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Les précieuses ridicules
- Acquisition date
- 1914
- Acquisition notes
- BM stamp on verso, yellow: 'British Museum / 10 NO 1900'.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1914,0228.2792