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The description of this picture by J. T. Smith, identifies the figures. Dr Jean (John) Misaubin sits centre, holding a quill pen in his right hand. With his left hand he receives a letter from, or gives it to, his wife (presumably) Marthe (Martha), right. To the right is a small child, their son Edmund. In the background left, is a library with a man in clerical dress holding a book. The cleric is Misaubin's father Jacques (James), a preacher at the French Church in Spitalfields.
Title
Jean Misaubin and His Family
Date
1720–1729
Medium
gouache on paper (?)
Measurements
H 18.6 x W 15.2 cm
Accession number
47338i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome from T. Law Adam, 1930
Work type
Watercolour
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England
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