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The Upside-down World (Lesage, Selected Works, 1810, vol. 14) - Marillier

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Date :
1783
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
PQ 1997 .A1 1810
Signed work
Legend

Description

The engraving illustrates scene 13.

The notary has a white dress, a black canvas flap, and a white hat. He brings a small folding table, a cornet, dice, a writing case and paper.

Argentine and Diamantine, the two ladies in dispute, observe the scene in the right background. The four contestants to their matrimonial possession are, on the left, Harlequin, Pierrot, Hanif and Zulima. The ladies will be played by dice.

Hanif, taking the cornet.
To me, presently. (He brings eighteen.)
M. Prud'homme.
Sixteen.
Pierrot, stoned.
What a racket breaker!
Zulima.
Loving Argentina, fate favors my wishes.

History :
  1. Signed below the engraving on the left "Marillier Direx.", on the right "Delignon Scup." (for sculpsit).
    Legend: "Dix huit. | Quel casseur de Raquette!"
  2. Represented at the Saint-Laurent fair in the year 1718.
Textual Sources :
Lesage, théâtre de la foire

Technical Data

Notice #024893

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Internet Archive (https://archive.org)