Scene from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Monsieur Jourdain receiving his guests
Oil Painting
1860 (painted)
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
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| Title | Scene 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. |
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| 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 reference | Molière, <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 created | April 18, 2007 |
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