H Beard Print Collection
Print
early 19th century (printed)
early 19th century (printed)
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A coloured engraving showing the costume worn by the actress Madame Gavaudan (1781-1850) in the role of Margot in Le Diable à quatre at the Théâtre de l'Opera Comique.
Below the image is a quote from the play:
"Je n'aimais pas le tabac beaucoup
J'en prenais peu souvent point du tout
Mais mon mari me défend cela
Depuis ce moment la,
Je le trouve piquant
Quand
J'en peux prendre à l'écart;" (Act I, Scène XII)
Le Diable à Quatre or The Devil to Pay has been both a comic opera and a ballet. The opera with which this print is associated was an opéra comique in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The French-language libretto is by Michel-Jean Sedaine and Pierre Baurans, after a translation by Claude-Pierre Patu of the 1731 ballad opera by Charles Coffey entitled The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd.
The story concerns an ill-natured Marquise. An astrologer, to whom she had refused shelter at her chateau, transforms her into the wife of a surly cobbler named Jacques and transforms the cobbler's sweet-natured wife into the Marquise. After the Marquise learns her lesson, the astrologer reverses the spell.
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 259. It is part of the Harry Beard Collection.
Below the image is a quote from the play:
"Je n'aimais pas le tabac beaucoup
J'en prenais peu souvent point du tout
Mais mon mari me défend cela
Depuis ce moment la,
Je le trouve piquant
Quand
J'en peux prendre à l'écart;" (Act I, Scène XII)
Le Diable à Quatre or The Devil to Pay has been both a comic opera and a ballet. The opera with which this print is associated was an opéra comique in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The French-language libretto is by Michel-Jean Sedaine and Pierre Baurans, after a translation by Claude-Pierre Patu of the 1731 ballad opera by Charles Coffey entitled The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd.
The story concerns an ill-natured Marquise. An astrologer, to whom she had refused shelter at her chateau, transforms her into the wife of a surly cobbler named Jacques and transforms the cobbler's sweet-natured wife into the Marquise. After the Marquise learns her lesson, the astrologer reverses the spell.
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 259. It is part of the Harry Beard Collection.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving |
| Brief description | A coloured engraving showing the costume worn by the actress Madame Gavaudan (1781-1850) in the role of Margot in Le Diable à quatre at the Théâtre de l'Opera Comique. Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | This full length coloured engraving shows a woman wearing a dress with a skirt striped in yellow and black and a dark black bodice with a white fichu spotted with red. She is standing in the midst of a country landscape and is shown looking over her left shoulder towards the front, her right hand is pointing into the distance, whilst in her left she holds a last for a shoe. |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Le Diable à quatre |
| Summary | A coloured engraving showing the costume worn by the actress Madame Gavaudan (1781-1850) in the role of Margot in Le Diable à quatre at the Théâtre de l'Opera Comique. Below the image is a quote from the play: "Je n'aimais pas le tabac beaucoup J'en prenais peu souvent point du tout Mais mon mari me défend cela Depuis ce moment la, Je le trouve piquant Quand J'en peux prendre à l'écart;" (Act I, Scène XII) Le Diable à Quatre or The Devil to Pay has been both a comic opera and a ballet. The opera with which this print is associated was an opéra comique in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The French-language libretto is by Michel-Jean Sedaine and Pierre Baurans, after a translation by Claude-Pierre Patu of the 1731 ballad opera by Charles Coffey entitled The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd. The story concerns an ill-natured Marquise. An astrologer, to whom she had refused shelter at her chateau, transforms her into the wife of a surly cobbler named Jacques and transforms the cobbler's sweet-natured wife into the Marquise. After the Marquise learns her lesson, the astrologer reverses the spell. 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 259. It is part of the Harry Beard Collection. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1014-2010 |
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| Record created | June 16, 2010 |
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