A young boy holds a torch under trees in a garden, at center a man raises both arms, surrounded by male and female figures, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Dancing couples surround four standing women in a barrel-vaulted hall, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

A man leans toward a woman standing in a doorway at right, at left a seated woman raises both hands, a canopied bed beyond, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

A man seated in a chair on a stepped platform holds an audience, two pointing men stand in the foreground, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

Frontispiece to Moliere's "L'Avare" (The Miser)

John Vandergucht, After William Hogarth, Related author Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière

A man curled up in a chair looks toward another man who approaches him from the left in an interior setting, a woman and a man stand nearby with their hands raised, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

The Lady of Monsoreau (La Dame de Monsoreau)

Charles-Amédée Colin, After Jules David

Screen of Six Sheets (310)

Louis Crépy, Jr.

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 4

William Hogarth, Related author Gautier de Coste de La Calprenède

The Roaming Musician

Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron, Bertauts

Frontispiece to Moliere's "Sganarelle, ou le Cocu Imaginaire" (The Imaginary Cuckold)

John Vandergucht, After William Hogarth, Related author Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière

Plate 17: Don Quixote is served by the ladies of the Duchess (Don Quichotte est servi par les Demoiselles de la Duchesse)

Bernard Picart, After Charles Antoine Coypel

Arsenal of Mars; a group of soldiers standing across from a group of women in an arsenal; ships off in the distance; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini