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Scene taken from Moliere's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' depicting a dinner party given for the Belle Marquise and Count Dorante by Monsieur Jourdain. Everyone is seated round a table feasting; a young servant stands behind to the right and a gentleman kneels down on the floor on the far right. All heads turn to see Madame Jourdain having joined the dinner party; she is dressed in black and can be seen from behind, on the far left of the picture. The room is luxurious with gilded interior decoration and rich tones of gold and green extending to the ceiling.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Mme Jourdain Discovers Her Husband at the Dinner Which He Gave to the Belle Marquise and the Count Dorante

Medium

oil on millboard

Measurements

H 18.4 x W 23.8 cm

Accession number

1920.535

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Dr David Lloyd Roberts, 1920

Work type

Painting

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England

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Artist or maker

William Powell Frith

1819–1909

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