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Scene from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Monsieur Jourdain receiving his guests

Oil Painting
1860 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting of a scene from Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Monsier Jourdain bows to greet his aristocratic guests.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleScene from <i>Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme</i>: Monsieur Jourdain receiving his guests (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Scene from "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme": Monsieur Jourdain Receiving his Guests', William Powell Frith, 1860
Physical description
Painting of a scene from Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Monsier Jourdain bows to greet his aristocratic guests.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 31.7cm
  • Estimate width: 55.9cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'W P Frith 1860' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882
Literary referenceMolière, <i>Le Bourgois Gentilhomme</i>
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 103-5
Collection
Accession number
537-1882

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Record createdApril 18, 2007
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