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The Pretty Parade Girl (Rétif, Les Contemporaines graduées, vol. 42, 1785) - Binet

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Date :
1785
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Rar. 4480-42

Description

Isabelle, in a parade at the Foire Saint-Laurent, makes a pass at the wispy old Cassandre in front of her, and repels the handsome Léandre on the left, whose high hat prefigured, in 1785, the fashion of the Incroyables thermidoriens.

Isabelle en-scene at the parade, in the forecourt of the Foire-Saintlaurent, between Cassandre and the handsome Leandre: She pushes aside the latter, & presents her hand to the former, who half-removing his wiggy hair, shows a handsome Jeunehomme: "Ma chere Isabelle!... l'Amour... m'a rajeuni"! (Author's caption)

History :
  1. The engraving is unsigned.
  2. 77th or 276th news.
  3. Pieces in the same style:
    • Gueulette, Isabelle grosse par vertu, one-act farce, first performed in society in 1720, published in 1738. In this play (and in general) Father Cassandre is the father of Isabelle, who, falsely pregnant, threatens to marry the Doctor rather than the handsome Liandre...
    • Gueulette, La Chaste Isabelle, 1720: Isabelle is courted by two old men, M. Cassandre and M. Villebrequin, from whom she extracts money to enjoy with the handsome Léandre.
    • Gueulette, L'Amant poussif, 1720: Léandre is Isabelle's lover, Cassandre her father, who wants to marry her off to a M. Cupoil.
Textual Sources :
Rétif de la Bretonne, Les Contemporaines (1780-1782)

Technical Data

Notice #024900

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique de Bavière, Munich (Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum, https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de)