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Artist/Maker	Goupil & Vibert (publisher) Devéria, Achille Jacques Jean Marie (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Print depicting Madame Rachel in the character of Roxanne in Racine's play Bajazet Published by Goupil et Vibert in Paris, ca. 1841, from a portrait by Achille Deveria.

This production was performed at His Majesty Theatre in London on 26 May 1841. In the same season Madame Rachel appeared as Emilie in The Tragedy of Cinna and as Hermione in Andromaque.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques	Hand-coloured lithograph Ink Paper Watercolour Printing Hand-Colouring Lithography
Brief description	Print depicting Madame Rachel in the character of Roxanne in Racine's play Bajazet. Published by Goupil et Vibert in Paris, ca. 1841.
Physical description	Full-length portrait of Madame Rachel as Roxanne in Eastern costume.
Dimensions	Height: 38.8cm Width: 26.2cm
Credit line	Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Subject depicted	Rachel (Mlle)
Literary reference	Bajazet
Summary	Print depicting Madame Rachel in the character of Roxanne in Racine's play Bajazet Published by Goupil et Vibert in Paris, ca. 1841, from a portrait by Achille Deveria. This production was performed at His Majesty Theatre in London on 26 May 1841. In the same season Madame Rachel appeared as Emilie in The Tragedy of Cinna and as Hermione in Andromaque.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.1408-2010

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Record created	July 12, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1160839/print-collection-print-devéria-achille-jacques/

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