Manuscripts
The Platonic Wife
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The Platonic Wife. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Griffith
Manuscripts
The collection consists of official copies of plays submitted for licensing between 1737 and 1824. Most of copies were written by professional copyists. Approximately 95 of the plays submitted were printed texts, either whole or partial. These have been cataloged individually and may be searched in the online catalog.
LA 244
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L'Evenement. no. 696
Rare Books
Content: "Charles Bukowski: Boire est ma forme de suicide" (excerpt/interview - an excerpt from Buk et les Beats, featuring an interview of Bukowski by the author, Jean François Duval; accompanied by one black and white and two color photographs of Bukowski), p. 100 Content author: Jean François Duval
602814
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Antoine-François de Fourcroy and Gaspard Monge letter to the Minister of the Marine
Manuscripts
The letter from Antoine-François de Foureroy and Gaspard Monge to the Minister of the Marine regards Citoyen [Jean-François?] Clouet. The letter is dated 1 Ventôse, l'an 9 de la République française [1801 June 1], and is written in French from Paris. One page is torn.
mssHM 83080
Couple in period costume seated at a small table in the library of the Huntington residence with a Beauvais tapestry in the background
Visual Materials
A couple in period costume sit at a mechanical writing table (table à écrire, or, table mécanique), possibly by Jean-François Oeben, circa 1755 to 1765. Hanging on the wall is a Beauvais tapestry, "Le Fontaine d'Amour (The Fountain of Love)," from 1757 to 1760. The chairs belong to the set of two settees and ten chairs whose upholstery covers were woven at Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 35 Library room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures. Same as PCP 11a."
photCL 107 vol13 (35)
Couple in period costume seated at a small table in the library of the Huntington residence with a Beauvais tapestry in the background
Visual Materials
A couple in period costume sit at a mechanical writing table (table à écrire, or, table mécanique), possibly by Jean-François Oeben, circa 1755 to 1765. Hanging on the wall is a Beauvais tapestry, "Le Fontaine d'Amour (The Fountain of Love)," from 1757 to 1760. The chairs belong to the set of two settees and ten chairs whose upholstery covers were woven at Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 36 Library room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures. Similar to HEH 35."
photCL 107 vol13 (36)
East end of the library of the Huntington residence
Visual Materials
View shows furniture arranged on a large area rug and Beauvais tapestry, "The Fountain of Love," on the wall on the left. The chairs belong to the set of two settees and ten chairs whose upholstery covers were woven at Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. On the right is a writing desk (bureau plat), attributed to the Pagoda Master, made circa 1730. On the left, with cloth draped over it, is a mechanical writing table (table à écrire, or, table mécanique), possibly by Jean-François Oeben, circa 1755 to 1765. Behind the mechanical writing desk is a fire screen, "L'Amour Vendangeur (Cupid, the Vintager)", made at the Beauvais Manufactory after a cartoon following Francois Boucher in 1738 to 1740 or in 1767. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 16 East end, Library room in Huntington Art Gallery, showing Beauvais tapestry, "The Fountain of Love," designed by Boucher. Furniture, Louis XV and Louis XVI periods."
photCL 107 vol13 (16)