The Art of The Works of Moliére

24. Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
24. <i>Monsieur de Pourceaugnac</i> suite

A collection of thirteen engravings, including the Title of 1670 and other works in the definitive state by Maurice Leloir and Edmond Hedouin.

The collection is provided with complete provenance dating to its issue of 1895 (including original issuance certificate), the collection title page, a separate list of engravings and certificate of authenticity.

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Title</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Title - Delineation of the original work by Maurice Leloir.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Title of 1670</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Title of 1670 - The attack of the Mummers. In the centre, Pourceaugnac, distracted, leaps, in order to escape, through a window.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Dramatis Personé</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Dramatis Personé - On either side of the frame is a balcony in which stan two female singers with sheets of music in their hands. Maurice Leloir, as delineator, translated from the French, the original work of 1670, a listing of the cast of characters.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Prologue</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Prologue - Scene depicts Eraste speaking to the musicians: "Carry out the orders which I have given you for the serenade."
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Revelry</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Revelry - Scene with two Swiss and four spectators, first quarreling, later dancing.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act I, Scene XI</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act I, Scene XI - The scene with M. de Pourceaugnac and two doctors. The artist's monogram is signed in the plate.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act I, Scene XVI</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act I, Scene XVI - The apothecaries chase Monsieur de Pourceaugnac through the street with a syringe and shout: "Piglia-lo sé¹, Signor Monsu..."
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act II, Scene VI</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act II, Scene VI - Julia, Oronte and Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: "Oh! Oh! What a sprightly wench!"
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act II, Scene IX</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act II, Scene IX - A square in old Paris, depicting Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Nérine, Lucette and Oronte.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act II, Scene X</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act II, Scene X - Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Oronte, Nérine, Lucette and the children are depicted in this image from the play.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act II, Scene XIII</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act II, Scene XIII - Monsieur de Pourceaugnac and two barristers: "Polygamy is a business - a hanging business!"
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act III, Scene III</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act III, Scene III - Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (disguised as a woman) and two Swiss, the first of which reaches out: "There is a little breast, which is nice." Shown with a full page of dialog from the play with the artist's monogram signed in the plate.
 
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: <i>Act III, Scene X - Fini</i> Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Act III, Scene X - Fini - The Dance of the Biscayans with a Gipsy, Harlequin, Pascariel, Lélio and the Bravo, with the artist's monogram is signed in the plate.
 
 

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