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Object Type
print
Museum number
1957,0530.280
Title
Object:
La préface de Gil Blas
(Preface of Gil Blas)
Description
In a landscape, a youth kneeling on the ground next to four books and a plumed cap, pointing at a stone tablet inscribed with "Aqui esta encerrada el alma del licenciado Pedro Garcias"; another youth standing beside him at a well under a tree; in the background on left, a shepherd and a flock of sheep; castle on hilltop; after A.C.H. Haudebourt. Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Samuel William Reynolds I
After:
Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt, née Lescot
Published by:
C Schroth
Published by:
Colnaghi
School/style
British
French
Production date
1789-1835
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
495 millimetres
(cut)
Width:
373 millimetres
(cut)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Impression with publication details cut.
Bibliographic references
Whitman 1903 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Samuel William Reynolds
(390)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Alain René Lesage
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Gil Blas de Santillane
Acquisition name
Donated by:
J Faulkner Irving
Acquisition date
1957
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1957,0530.280