£30 - £50
Augustin de St Aubin, French (1736-1807), engraving on paper, Le Kain, 1788, 41cm x 29cm, mounted, glazed and framed. Notes: Bocher 128. Le Kain as Sultan Orosmane in
Voltaire’s Zaire. The actor known as Le Kain was Voltaire’s protégé and said he owed him everything. This rare eighteenth century engraving is in the collections of The
Louvre, The British Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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