Drawings, 1738-1764.

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Drawings, 1738-1764.

Consists of illustrations by Gravelot in pencil, ink and wash for Gay's Fables (1738) and Rousseau's La nouvelle Héloise (1761-1764). Also a framed wash drawing of Don Quixote (ca. 1760).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7956911

Houghton Library

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Gay, John, 1685-1732

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Epithet: poet, playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0002c5 ...

Hubert François Gravelot

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French engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to his wife, 1758 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269579164 Gravelot, a French book illustrator and draftsman, worked in England, 1732-1745. From the description of Drawings, 1738-1764. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 664110734 ...

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the foremost philosophers of the Enlightenment period. From the description of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Papers [manuscript]. [174-]-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225564187 Swiss philosopher, writer, music theorist and composer. From the description of Collection of autograph letters : France, England, Switzerland, to various recipients, 1756-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 714645189 From the description of Autogr...

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel ˜deœ, 1547-1616

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, (born September 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain—died April 22, 1616, Madrid), was a Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet. He is the author of Don Quixote. Britannica (2 April 2018): https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miguel-de-Cervantes ...