Suicide by scissors (Clarissa, Nourse 1751, fig16) - Pasquier
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Date :
1751
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
13x8,2 cm
Topic :
Storage Location :
Y2-62760
Description
Lovelace managed to get into Clarissa's room by making her think the house was on fire. After threatening to kill herself with a pair of scissors that Lovelace threw into the fire, Clarissa begged Lovelace to stop tormenting her (CH1999I, pp. 160–162).
History :
1. Above the engraving on the left, ‘Volume V. Part I. Page 82’; on the right, ‘Pl. 3’.
Signed below the engraving on the left, ‘Pasquier In[venit]’; on the right, ‘L Legrand Sc[ulpsit]’.
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Technical Data
Notice #000703
Past ID :
A0022
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
