Skip to main content
×
Recherche infructueuse

Oscar gives a letter to his grandfather (Les Enfants de l'abbaye, t1, 1798) - Bovinet after Challiou

Notice n°1 sur 2 Notice suivante

Date :
1798
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
8-BL-30323 (1)
Signed work
Legend

Description

Count Dunreath banished his daughter Malvina after learning of her secret marriage to her lover, Fitzalan. A few years later, Malvina and Fitzalan find themselves destitute. They try to soften the Count's heart by sending their son Oscar, accompanied by a peasant, to deliver a letter to him. This seems to work for a while, as evidenced by the image showing the Count surprised in front of his grandson, but this is without counting on his wife, also Malvina's mother-in-law, who maneuvers to keep him away from his family.

History :
  1. Signed lower left "Challiou del.", right "Bovinet sculp."
    Legend under the image: "Ah please read my poor mother's letter"
Textual Sources :
Roche, Regina Maria, née Dalton (1764-1845)

Technical Data

Notice #025379

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)