The death of Solinzeb La mort de Solinzeb / [graphic] =

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Title: The death of Solinzeb La mort de Solinzeb / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Mort de Solinzeb
Creator: Gaugain, Thomas, -1810?, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Northcote, James, 1746-1831, artist.
Published / Created: [March 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 1786, by T. Gaugain, No. 4 Little Compton Street, Soho, London
Abstract: "A man in oriental dress, wounded in the chest, expires in the arms of his daughter, on a leopard skin, attended by a European officer on the right, saying that he does not fear death but fears for his daughter's future, with a battle raging in the background to right; in a roundel; after Northcote."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
One of a pair of engravings by Gaugain after Northcote that illustrate scenes from "Friendship put to the test," one of Jean-François Marmontel's popular stories from his Contes moraux. For the companion print entitled "The education of Coraly," see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 786.03.00.03+..
With four lines of text below each title that quote from the story "Friendship put to the test."
Mounted on an old album sheet: 49.2 x 42.1 cm.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; February 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 40.6 x 35 cm, on sheet 44 x 38.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French