print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1932,0426.2
- Description
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Classical setting with Jocasta, sitting on the right surrounded by the grieving Olympe and Antigone and rebuking her son Eteokles, left, who has come back from the battlefield where he has engaged in battle against his brother; after Moitte; lettered state of illustration to 'La Thébaïde', act I scene 3, in 'Oeuvres complètes de Jean Racine' (first published in Paris by Didot, 1801-1805)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1801-1805 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 467 millimetres
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Width: 320 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1932,0426.1 for comment on the set.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: La Thébaïde
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Associated Title: Oeuvres complètes de Jean Racine (1798-1805)
- Acquisition date
- 1932
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1932,0426.2
