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H Beard Print Collection

Print
early 19th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A coloured engraving showing the costume worn by the actress Mlle. Minette in the role of Lisette in Les trois Fous, a vaudeville at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris.

Below the image is a quote from the play:
"Car malgré mon air un peu bête
On m'a pourtant dit queuquefois:
Que k'avions un gentit minois."

Les trois Fous ou La jeune veuve was a vaudeville written by Dartois d'Armand in circa 1810.

This design appears to be part of a series of prints published by Martinet, Rue du Coq, of which this example is labelled as number 244. It is part of the Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
A coloured engraving showing the costume worn by the actress Mlle. Minette in the role of Lisette in Les trois Fous, a vaudeville at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris. Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
This full length coloured engraving shows a woman dressed in a grey suit and pale blue trousers with a thin white vertical stripe of a man. She also wears a short flowered waistcoat and a blue neckerchief. She is standing with his feet apart and her left by her side and a black hat held in her right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.7cm
  • Width: 13.6cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subject depicted
Literary referenceLes Trois Fous
Summary
A coloured engraving showing the costume worn by the actress Mlle. Minette in the role of Lisette in Les trois Fous, a vaudeville at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris.

Below the image is a quote from the play:
"Car malgré mon air un peu bête
On m'a pourtant dit queuquefois:
Que k'avions un gentit minois."

Les trois Fous ou La jeune veuve was a vaudeville written by Dartois d'Armand in circa 1810.

This design appears to be part of a series of prints published by Martinet, Rue du Coq, of which this example is labelled as number 244. It is part of the Harry Beard Collection.
Collection
Accession number
S.1009-2010

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Record createdJune 16, 2010
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