Scene from Molière's 'Le Tartuffe'
Oil Painting
1850 (painted)
1850 (painted)
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An oil painting depicting an episode described in Act 1, Scene 5 of Molière's play Le Tartuffe: the maid Dorine tends to Elmire, lying on a sofa and clutching her head in pain, while Tartuffe, seated at a table, eats a lavish meal.
Object details
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| Title | Scene from Molière's 'Le Tartuffe' (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on millboard |
| Brief description | Oil Painting, 'Scene from Molière's "Le Tartuffe"', William Maw Egley, 1850 |
| Physical description | An oil painting depicting an episode described in Act 1, Scene 5 of Molière's play Le Tartuffe: the maid Dorine tends to Elmire, lying on a sofa and clutching her head in pain, while Tartuffe, seated at a table, eats a lavish meal. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'W. Maw Egley 1850' (Signed and dated by the artist) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Henry Spencer Ashbee |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Henry Spencer Ashbee, 1900 |
| Literary reference | Tartuffe |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 80-81 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1853-1900 |
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| Record created | July 27, 2006 |
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