J.B. Poquelin de Moliere née a Paris en 1620, M. le 17 Fevrier 1673 / [graphic]

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Title: J.B. Poquelin de Moliere née a Paris en 1620, M. le 17 Fevrier 1673 / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
Creator: Beauvarlet, Jacques-Firmin, 1731-1797, printmaker
Contributor: Bourdon, Sébastien, 1616-1671, artist.
Published / Created: [1773]
Publication Place: France
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of French playwright Molière, after Bourdon; three-quarter length, sitting at desk, directed to left, hands folded on table, wearing long curled wig and loose-fitting gown; in rectangular frame, with spread wings and ivy in upper part, and attributes of comedy in lower part. ... Ribbon at bottom with verses [in Latin] by Horat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description: Title from from text within cartouche at top of image.
Variant state, lacking imprint statement and with verses from Chenier engraved below image instead of a dedication. For a different state with the imprint "A Paris chez le Sr De Mailly, Quay de l'Ecole près le Louvre Avec Privilége du Roy", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.236.
Place and date of publication from the Philadelphia Museum of Art online collection database, accession no.: 1943-50-23.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark and multilated in lower left corner, resulting in partial loss of artist's name.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 187 (leaf numbered '228' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 44 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French
Latin