print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1914,0228.2970
- Title
- Object: Les Fascheux
- Description
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Two noblemen in a garden; the one on the left poses with his right leg stretched out before him, pointing his foot, his right hand on his hip and his left arm outstretched, wearing a jacket decorated with buttons along its edge and wearing a tricorne; he looks to the right, at the gentleman who has spun around, his left hand holding a tricorne behind him, and his right arm bent towards his chest; at top right, a tree; illustration to 'Les Fâcheux', in 'Oeuvres de Molière' (Paris: Prault, 1734), volume II page 181
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1734
- Dimensions
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Height: 230 millimetres
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Width: 167 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The plate is extracted from Vol. II of 'Oeuvres de Molière' (Paris, 1734), p. 181 and held in a bound album belonging to H. S. Ashbee; the male figure on the left of the composition is also found in 'Cireur de bottes', a drawing used for the 'Cris de Paris' series printed by Ravenet and Le Bas (see Cailleux, 1964, No. 3); for comment on the series, see 1914,0228.2962.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Les Fâcheux
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Associated Title: Oeuvres de Molière
- Acquisition date
- 1914
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1914,0228.2970
