Delphina sees Dom Manuel again (Delphina, t1, Le Prieur, An VI) - Bovinet after Binet

Image series :

Gothique 1798 : [Ménégaut,] Delphina ou Le Spectre amoureux, Paris, Le Prieur, An VI

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Artist :

Binet, Louis (1744-1800)

Bovinet, Edme (1767-1832)

Date :

Entre 1797 et 1798

Type of image :

Gravure sur cuivre

Topic :

18th century fiction

Storage Location :

Commerce d’art

Signed work

Legend

Description

Delphina's lover, Dom Manuel de Roxante, has been announced dead following a nighttime duel with his rival Duke Ferdinand de Zarbès, governor of San-Domingo. The news is repeated by numerous characters, leaving Delphina in despair, but the reader soon learns that the announcement is false: Dom Juan del Ingano, a friend of the hero, takes Manuel into his home in the greatest secrecy to hide him. This friend's house has the peculiarity of giving access to an underground mine which is connected to Delphina's family home. Juan suggests that Dom Manuel use this mine to visit Delphina, without anyone seeing him. In the image, Dom Manuel has just crossed the mine and Delphina, who thinks he's still dead, believes she's seeing a ghost.

History :

1. Signed below the engraving on the left "Binet del.", on the right "Bovinet Sculp."
Legend in the cartouche: "La Terre se fend un Ombre en sort...... It's D. Manuel!"....."

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Technical Data

Notice #025020

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