Atala receiving her last communion from the missionary Père Aubry, while her dog and Chactas are crouching at the end of her camp in a mountain cave. Stipple print with etching by Fortier and J.P. Simon after Jean Baptiste Mallet.
- Mallet, Jean-Baptiste, 1759-1835.
- Date:
- [1812]
- Reference:
- 46811i
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An episode in Atala by François-René de Chateaubriand, 1801
Publication/Creation
Paris (14 Rue de la Verrerie) : Osterwald, [1812]
Physical description
1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; image 31.4 x 39.5 cm
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La communion d'Atala ... Mallet pinxit. Fortier aquaforte. J.P. Simon sculpsit
Lettering continues underneath the print
References note
Bibliographie de la France, 15 février 1812, no. 273 ("Le père Aubry, Chactas et Atala, gravés par Simon. [A Paris, chez Osterwald]") –Image of France database no. 2672
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Wellcome Collection 46811i
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