print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1914,0228.2975
- Title
- Object: Les Plaisirs de l'isle enchantée
- Description
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Four young huntsmen in a clearing in a wood; at centre, one of them wakes from his slumber, rubbing his eyes with his right hand; to the right, his companion leans over him, with a horn over his right shoulder, placing his right hand on his friend's left arm; at far left, a young man is seen from behind, kneeling, pointing to the rising sun at left, with a horn placed over his left shoulder; to his right, another man looks down to the right, his left arm outstretched; in the immediate foreground, at bottom left, two dogs gaze at the figures; at bottom right, a horn on the ground; beyond, at right, a cluster of trees; illustration to 'Les Plaisirs de l'ïle enchantée', in 'Oeuvres de Molière' (Paris: Prault, 1734), volume III page 104
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1734
- Dimensions
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Height: 227 millimetres
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Width: 162 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The plate is extracted from Vol. III of 'Oeuvres de Molière' (Paris, 1734), p. 104 and held in a bound album belonging to H. S. Ashbee; for comment on the series, see 1914,0228.2962.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Les Plaisirs de l'isle enchantée
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Associated Title: Oeuvres de Molière
- Acquisition date
- 1914
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1914,0228.2975