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Object Type
Museum number: 1929,0608.8
Title: Object: Le Lever de la Mariée
Description: An elaborate rotunda with aristocratic couple sitting in the middle and man standing next to them; on the left, a servant drawing the curtains of a bed; on the right, two servants bustling around a washstand; proof before letters. 1781 Engraving and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Philippe Trière; After: Jean Démosthène Dugourc
School/style
Production date: 1781
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 472 millimetres; Width: 339 millimetres
Curator's comments: Advertised in 'Gazette de France', 19 January 1781, as the 'pendant véritable du Coucher de la Mariée' of 1770, by Moreau le jeune & J.B.Simonet after the gouache by Baudouin. In fact it was nothing of the kind and had been run up to suit it thematically, as a sort of 'before and after': see W.McAllister Johnson on 'Anomalous pendants in late XVIIIc. French prints', GBA December 2001, p.272. It competed with Ponce's engraving of Baudouin's L'Enlèvement Nocturne' which was equally unconnected with the 1770 plate, though at least it was after Baudouin. The lettered state is not in the BM: for the lettering see Lawrence & Dighton.
Bibliographic references: Portalis & Beraldi 1880-82 / Les Graveurs du Dix-Huitième Siècle (1); Lawrence & Dighton 1910 / French Line Engraving of the late XVIII Century (188.b)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: interior; domestic building; married life
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1929
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1929,0608.8

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