Melpomene kroont Mademoiselle La Clairon, Noël Le Mire, after Hubert François Gravelot, 1765

Title(s)

Melpomene kroont Mademoiselle La Clairon
Prophetie accomplie (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-69.248

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 352

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Noël Le Mire (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Hubert François Gravelot (mentioned on object)
• David Garrick (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Noël Le Mire (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1765

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 260 mm × width 165 mm

What

• Melpomene (one of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa)
• crown (symbol of sovereignty)

Who

• Claire Clairon

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, dl. 14, p. 163, cat.nr. 352