Scene from the story 'les lunettes' in jean de la fontaine, 'contes et nouvelles en vers'; in a convent, a hideous abbess seated at left inspects the nuns, who have their habits pulled up to the waist; in front of the abbess, a man masquerading as a nun is revealed, his erect member striking her on the nose, her eye-glasses flying up in the air; an amused nun falls back against a couch at right. Etching and aquatint with stipple. Date: 1790-1810 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 168 mm (trimmed); Width: 237 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Jean de La Fontaine. Collection: British Museum. Les Lunnettes from les Contes de La Fontaine (BM 1977,U.512)
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