Frontispiece to molière, 'sgnarelle ou le cocu imaginaire', in 'select comedies of mr de molière' (london, 1732), vol. 1; sgnarelle's wife standing in the street at right, holding up a small picture in an oval frame to her face, it is a portrait of a young man that she has found on the ground; sgnarelle approaching behind in consternation, making the sign of a cuckold's horns above his own head; church behind at left. Etching and engraving. Date: 1732. Dimensions: Height: 134 mm (cropped); Width: 85 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Molière. Collection: British Museum. Print, frontispiece (BM 1858,0417.525)
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