IDENTIFIERS
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id:	133233
accession number:	P.6709-R

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 10 May 2013

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: An allusion to the coronation of Voltaire at the Comédie Française on the 30th March 1778, after the performance of his play "Irène".  Voltaire had just returned to France after an exile of nearly thirty years. A bust of the author on the stage and Mme Vestris crowned it with a wreath of laurels.  However, Voltaire had already experienced a similar ceremony with the marquise de Villette and the actor Brizard in his private lodge.  This print is a synthesis of the two incidents.
title:	print

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From the collection of J.P.Heseltine (1843-1929) [Lugt 1507-8]; sold at his sale (Sotheby's) 3rd June 1935, Lot 167.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/133233





TECHNIQUES
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engraving
TECHNIQUES
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etching

CATEGORIES
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category: print

DATING
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creation date:	1778 - 1778
creation date earliest:	1778
creation date latest:	1778

CREATORS
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maker: Duflos, Claude


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