Detail View: Walter Scott Image Collection:
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Work Record ID:
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0030122
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Licence:
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Shelfmark:
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Corson P.7097
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Title:
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Bossuet: From the Original Picture by H. Rigaud in the Collection of the Institute of France
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Alternate Title:
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Steel engraved portrait of Bossuet by R. Woodman after a painting by H. Rigaud
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Creator:
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Rigaud, Hyacinthe
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Associate Creator:
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Woodman, Richard
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Associate Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Date:
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1853
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Description:
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Engraved portrait of the French divine and historian Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704). In his Life of John Dryden (1808) Scott discusses the role played by the theological writings of Bossuet in Dryden's conversion to Catholicism. In an article on Molière for the Foreign Quarterly Review in 1828, he also defends the playwright against Bossuet's charge of profanity. The original portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud was painted in 1702.
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Work Type:
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Engraving
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Measurement:
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18.3 x 26.9cm (7 3/16 x 10 9/16")
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Material:
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Ink
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Steel Engraving
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Location:
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TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
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Corson Collection
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Source:
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The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, vol. II. London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1853
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Subject Person:
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Bossuet, Jacques
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Subject Person:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Category:
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Books and reading
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Subject Category:
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Portraits
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Related Work Title:
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Life of John Dryden, The
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Related Work Creator:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Repro File Type:
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Derivative TIFF
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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47523908
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Repro Capture Date:
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24/04/2012 10:29:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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