upside-down dresses (Denis Diderot, Les Bijoux indiscrets, 1748, fig. 8)
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Date :
1748
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
11,5x7
Topic :
Storage Location :
Y2 12479
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Description
Prodigious events from the reign of Kanoglou grandfather of Mangogul. Note the spectator's theatrical telescope in the foreground.
History :
1. T.2 Pag.339. Royal Library stamp (B. R.)
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3. The motif of the narrator as spectator in the foreground is found in other engravings such as the one from La Nouvelle Justine illustrating Moldane's murder of his wife (Jérôme's story).
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #001285
Past ID :
A0604
Image editing :
Scanner
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France