Pierre-Alexandre WILLE (1748-1821).
Scene from the story of Tom Jones in a Chinese living room.
Pen and ink, grey and brown wash.
(Freckles and horizontal fold above the heads).
D.: 37 × 33 cm.
Signed and dated 1767 lower left.
The first French edition of Tom Jones dates from 1730. In 1765, André Phalchre made it into an opera.
Provenance. Former music collection of André Meyer; then F. Meyer, 1984.
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