print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1914,0228.2991
- Title
- Object: Les Fourberies de Scapin
- Description
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Sylvestre, in the guise of a swordsman, threatens Géronte, who hides behind Scapin: courtyard with at right Sylvestre holding a sword and lunging forwards; he wears a tricorne, a sheath fixed to his side; at left, Scapin, wearing a cloak and cap extends his arms to the left to guard Géronte, who cowers behind him; beyond, an arbour and the brick facade of a house with a door wide open; in the immediate foreground at left, a pile of wooden sticks, a pot, and at centre, steps leading downwards; illustration to 'Les Fourberies de Scapin', Act II scene 6, in 'Oeuvres de Molière' (Paris: Prault, 1734), volume VI page 3
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1734
- Dimensions
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Height: 228 millimetres
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Width: 167 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The plate is extracted from Vol. VI of 'Oeuvres de Molière' (Paris, 1734), p. 3, 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 Fourberies de Scapin
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Associated Title: Oeuvres de Molière
- Acquisition date
- 1914
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1914,0228.2991
