Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 26.1 x 19.6 cm (10.28 x 7.72 inch). Image size: 26.1 x 19.6 cm. (10.28 x 7.72 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. THEATRE, STAGE SCENE, CONVENT INTERIOR, MONASTERY, TRAGEDY, LA HARPE, 18TH CENTURY PRINT, DUTCH THEATRE | PCO-B9-28 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Scene from Jean-Fran?ois de La Harpe, Melanie, or the Fatal Conventual Coercion, tragedy published in Leiden by G. v. Hoogereen Junior and B. Onnekink, 1770. Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-1911-290. Biography engraver: Robbert Muys / Muis (1742-1825) was a Dutch engraver and printmaker active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He produced theatrical and genre scenes, portraits, and reproductive prints, often connected to contemporary stage performances.
