Edmond, the fratricide (The Perverted Peasant, Esprit 1782, fig75) - Binet
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Date :
1782
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Topic :
Storage Location :
Rés Smith-Lesouef 1490
Description
75th scene.
Subject. Edmond, misled by Laure's words, believes that his sister is living in sin with the marquis; he searches for her, finds her getting out of her husband's carriage, and stabs her. She recognises him as she receives the blow, and dies without complaining.
History :
- Signed lower left ‘Binet Inv[enit]’, lower right ‘J.a Le Roy Scul’.
- Volume IV. Letter CCXXII. Plate opposite p. 67.
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #000706
Past ID :
A0025
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
