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Clarissa leaves Mr Solmes (Clarissa, Nourse 1751, fig3) - Eisen

Date :
1751
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
12,8x8 cm
Y2-62760

Description

Clarisse, forced to receive a visit from Mr Solmes, whom her family has chosen as her husband, and left alone with him, abruptly leaves the parlor (CH1985, L16 p. 87-88; CH1999I, p. 130-131).

In the foreground on the right, on a small round table, are a teapot, two teacups and a bowl (perhaps for jam). On the floor, near an armchair, is a kettle on its warmer.

History :

1. Above the engraving on the left, ‘Tom. I. Part. Iere. Pag. 171’; on the right, ‘III’.
Signed below the engraving on the left, ‘C. Eisen inv[enit]’; on the right, ‘Delafosse Sc[ulpsit]’.

3. BM Montpellier, Rés. 35894 (1-12) B.n.F. Impr. 62760-62771 (MFiche Y2 62760) B.n.F. Ars 8 BL 29896.

Indexed items :
Visage détourné
Scène à deux
Porte
Fenêtre
Textual Sources :
Richardson, Clarissa L016 (Clarisse rebute Solmes)

Technical Data

Notice #000723

Image HD

Past ID :
A0042
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)