Cartoon for cotton printing: Scenes from Moliere's 'Le Medecin Malgre Lui', Pen and ink, gray wash, and white heightening on brown paper (mounted), Four vignettes on a patterned ground for the design of a textile illustrate Moliere's comedy, 'Le Medecin Malgre Lui' (The Doctor in Spite of Himself). The scenes shown include: upper left, Sganarelle surprised in a woods by Valére and Lucas (Act I, Scene 6); upper right, Sganarelle, in physician's dress, tells Géronte of his daughter, Lucinda's illness (Act II, Scene 6); lower left: Sganarelle engages Géronte in conversation, while Lucinda escapes with her lover, Leandre (Act III, Scene 7); lower right, Sganarelle is interruped from beating his wife by Robert (Act I, Scene I). The scenes are set against a diamond-patterned ground, with shaded squares at the intersections., France, ca. 1810-1820, Drawing, Drawing
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Cartoon, cotton printing, Scenes, Moliere's 'Le Medecin Malgre Lui', Pen, ink, gray wash, white heightening, brown paper, mounted, Four vignettes, patterned ground, design, textile illustrate Moliere's comedy, 'Le Medecin Malgre Lui', Doctor, Spite, Himself, scenes shown include, upper left, Sganarelle surprised, woods, Valére, Lucas, Act I, Scene 6, upper right, Sganarelle, physician's dress, tells Géronte, daughter, Lucinda's illness, Act II, Scene 6, lower left, Sganarelle engages Géronte, conversation, Lucinda escapes, lover, Leandre, Act III, Scene 7, lower right, Sganarelle, interruped, beating, wife, Robert, Act I, Scene I, scenes, set, diamond-patterned ground, shaded squares, intersections, France, ca, 1810-1820, Drawing, Drawing
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