Suicide of Manon deceived by Edmond (Paysan perverti, 1782, fig22) - Binet
Notice précédente Notice n°0 sur 83
Date :
1776
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Etching
Topic :
Storage Location :
Res Smith-Lesouëf 1490
Description
22nd figure.
Subject. Manon, who loves her husband, though she has basely deceived him, is in despair over his infidelity with Laure: as soon as she found out, she resolved to poison herself. Which she does, writing a letter to Gaudet. She stands, having swallowed the poison, disheveled.
Manon, warned by a letter of her unfaithful husband Edmond's betrayal, commits suicide.
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History :
1. Signed lower left "Binet Inv[enit]", right "J.a Le Roy Sculp".
2. Tome I. Letter LVII. Plate opposite p. 262.
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Technical Data
Notice #000694
Past ID :
A0013
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
