Squire Truelooby, or Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Charles-Antoine Coypel

The protagonist of molière's farce, a moustachioed country squire dressed in frock coat, long wig and plumed hat tricked by his rival in love into taking advice from doctors, who sit either side of him, taking his pulse and looking grim; in a room with a fireplace to right and a grinning servant carrying an enormous syringe by the door to left. Etching and engraving. Object Type: print. Dimensions: height: 248 mm (9.76 in); width: 308 mm (12.12 in). Medium: etching print and engraving on paper. Collection: British Museum. Claude Du Bosc after Charles-Antoine Coypel, Squire Truelooby, or Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, British Museum 1871,1209.979