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James Gabriel Huquier  (–1805)  wikidata:Q6134408
 
Alternative names
Jacques-Gabriel Huquier, James Gabriel Huquier
Description French painter and engraver
son of Gabriel Huquier
Date of birth/death 1725 / 1730 Edit this at Wikidata 7 June 1805 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Shrewsbury
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artist QS:P170,Q6134408
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Jean Baptiste Michel  (1748–1804)  wikidata:Q19325138
 
Alternative names
Jean-Baptiste Michel
Description French engraver and visual artist
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1804 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris London
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France Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q19325138
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English: Portrait of the French actor Lekain in the costume of his debut role of Titus in Voltaire's Brutus (14 September 1750, Comédie-Française; accepted as a member of the company on 24 February 1752). The engraving also includes a depiction of Scene 3 of Act 4 from Voltaire's L'Orphelin de la Chine, first performed at the Comédie-Française on 20 August 1755 with Lekain in the leading role of Ghengis Khan.
Date circa 1778
date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium etching print
Dimensions height: 26 cm (10.2 in); width: 19 cm (7.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,26U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,19U174728
References
  • INHA
  • Carlson, Marvin (1998). Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780387946412.
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