Edmond recognises Ursule (The Perverted Peasant, Esprit 1782, fig47) - Binet

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Edmond recognises Ursule (The Perverted Peasant, Esprit 1782, fig47) - Binet

Edmond recognises Ursule (The Perverted Peasant, Esprit 1782, fig47) - Binet

Image series :
Rétif de la Bretonne, Le Paysan perverti, Paris, Esprit, 1782

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Artist :
Le Roy, Jacques (1739-?)
Binet, Louis (1744-1800)
Date :
1782
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Topic :
18th century fiction
Storage Location :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Réserve
Rés Smith-Lesouef 1490

Description

47th figure
Subject. Edmond, immersed in debauchery and the most depraved licentiousness, finds his sister in a disreputable place, where she has been brought to him like an unfortunate woman destined to satisfy his brutality. The prostitute, on her return with the light, shows the two unfortunate souls to each other. Edmond shudders and hides his face; Ursule dismisses the woman with a gesture of her hand.

Edmond discovers that the prostitute he is visiting is his sister Ursule when the prostitute returns with the light after leaving them alone.

History :
  1. Signed lower left ‘Binet Inv[enit]’, lower right ‘J.a Le Roy Scul’.
  2. Volume III. Letter CXLVI. Plate opposite p. 62.
Indexed items :
Main masquant le visage
Textual Sources :
Rétif de la Bretonne, Le Paysan perverti (1782)
éd. François Jost, L’Age d’homme, 1977, t. 2, p. 69

Technical Data

Notice #000711

Image HD

Past ID :
A0030
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

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