Portrait of jean-joseph rive (1730-1791). Thomas frognall dibdin described in his "bibliographical, antiquarian and picturesque tour in france and germany (1821, vol. Ii, p. 384-385) how he obtained the portrait when he visited morenas nephew and heir of jean-joseph rive, in paris, in 1818:
"over the chimney-piece was a portrait, in pencil, of his late uncle: done from the life. It was the only one extant. It struck me indeed as singularly indicative of the keen, lively, penetrating talents of the original. "might i obtain a copy of it ?" " if i would detain it only twenty-four hours. " i instantly agreed so to do: carried it home; and put the pencil of mr. Lewis into immediate requisition — whose copy, as you here behold it, does ample justice to the original. On the back of the portrait were the lines which are here subjoined:
des sa plus tendre enfance aux etudes livré
la soif de la science l'a toujours dévoré. Une immense lecture enrichit ses écrits,
et la critique sure en augmente le prix. These lines are copied from the journal des scavans for october 1779. ". Date: 1821.
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