La folie par la décrépitude des ajustemens de la jeunesse [graphic] / peint au pastel par Ch. Coypel ; gravé par L. Surugue end 1745

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Title
La folie par la décrépitude des ajustemens de la jeunesse [graphic] / peint au pastel par Ch. Coypel ; gravé par L. Surugue end 1745
Creator
Surugue, Louis, approximately 1686 -1762, printmaker, publisher
Contributor
Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752, artist.
Published / Created
[1745]
Publication Place
A Paris
Publisher
Chez L. Surugue graveur du roy ruë des Noyers, attenant le Magazin de Papier vis-a-vis St. Yves, A.P.D.R.
Abstract

Allegorical scene with Decrepitude as an old woman in extravagant costume putting another beauty spot on her face and looking at her reflection in a mirror on a washstand, while Madness personified by young woman with fool's bauble hanging from a sash is helping her getting dressed; above them, Cupid flying with arrow in his hand."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
See no. 2211 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
On page 72 in volume 1.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent
1 print : sheet 370 x 268 mm
Language
French

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Allegorical prints France 1745
Satires (Visual works) France Paris 1745
Material
engraving with etching and stipple ;
Subject (Geographic)
France
Subject (Name)
Ward, John, 1678-1758
Subject (Topic)
Death and burial
Aging
Clothing & dress
Cupids
Cosmetics
Dressing tables
Mirrors
Women domestics
Subjects
Ward, John, 1678-1758 > Death and burial
Aging
Clothing & dress > France > 1740-1750
Cupids
Cosmetics
Dressing tables
Mirrors
Women domestics
France > 1745
France > Paris > 1745
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12479246
Object ID (OID)
16945066

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