The Harlowes put Clarissa on trial (Clarissa, Nourse 1751, fig1) - Eisen
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Date :
1751
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
12,6x8 cm
Topic :
Storage Location :
Y2-62760
Signed work
Description
Clarissa is summoned before the Harlowe family assembly to give an account of Lovelace's visits to her while she was staying with her friend Miss Howe. Clarissa's brother James has his arm in a sling as a result of the injury Lovelace inflicted on him in a duel. Clarissa turns away and pulls out her handkerchief to cry. (CH1985, L7 pp. 58-61; CH1999I, p. 87-91).
History :
1. Above the engraving on the left, ‘Tom. I. Part. Iere. Pag. I.’; on the right, ‘I’.
Signed below the engraving on the left, ‘C. Eisen inv[enit]’; on the right, ‘Delafosse Sc[ulpsit]’.
3. Other copies: B.n.F. Impr. 62760-62771 (MFiche Y2 62760) B.n.F. Ars 8 BL 29896.
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #000722
Past ID :
A0041
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
