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Milord Édouard aux Genoux de Saint-Preux

Tony Johannot
1803-1852

Milord Édouard aux Genoux de Saint-Preux

ca. 1845
7 9/16 x 5 13/16 inches (192 x 1147 mm)
Pen-and-ink, wash, and pencil, on paper.
2003.5:2

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Drawing by Tony Johannot to illustrate letter 60 of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's La nouvelle Héloïse, Paris : Barbier, 1845, plate pt. I, p. 137. Cf. Ray.
Illustration title from published volume.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil on verso: Rousseau, La nouvelle Héloïse, 2 vols. Paris, 1845, I. 137. Tony Johannot.
Summary

Drawing shows Lord Edward Bomston kneeling before Saint Preux to beg his pardon.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department