"Etching Orientalist Erotic Engraving By English Engraver Vidal Emeric Essex 19th C Old Print"
THE KING OF ETHIOPIA ABUSING HIS POWER19th century engraving by Vidal Emeric Essex (1791-1861) after a composition by Monnet
“Conte de Voltere”: it is an illustration for the tale written by Voltaire and published in 1768 under the title “The Princess of Babylon” which relates the adventures of Formosante, princess of Babylon, a pretext for Voltaire to draw up a sort of inventory of the Europe of his time.
31.7 x 23.4 cm
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