Hogarth shows Harpagon, the miser, at left, taking time out from the play's climactic scenc to snuff a candle (one is sufficient). Valère (putting on his hat) and Anselm (leaning on the table) are about to discover that they are son and father
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Second state with "Act 5. Scene 5" etched below image., Used as a frontispiece to: Select comedies of Mr. de Molière (London : John Watts, 1732)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and With ms. note in ink in Horace Walpole's hand(?) below image.
