A Guide to the Warren Chappell Book Mock-up of Moliere's "Would-Be Gentleman," 1950 Chappell, Warren, Book Mock-Up, 1950 10204-ay

A Guide to the Warren Chappell Book Mock-up of Moliere's "Would-Be Gentleman," 1950

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Accession Number 10204-ay

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10204-ay

Title

Warren Chappell Book Mock-up of Moliere's "Would-Be Gentleman," 1950

Physical Characteristics

1 original watercolor; 24 x 16 cm.

Language

English

Abstract

The Warren Chappell mockup, 1950, consists of a book jacket, frontispiece and title page for a proposed translation and adaptation of Moliere's play Would-Be Gentleman .

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Preferred Citation

Warren Chappell Book Mock-up of Moliere's "Would-Be Gentleman," 1950, Accession #10204-ay, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This item was given to the University of Virginia Library on March 27, 1998, by Elizabeth Easton, Big Trail, Sherman, Connecticut.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the collection of Warren Chappell contains an original book mock-up of Moliere's Would-Be Gentleman adapted into narrative by Dorothy & Leighton Barret, and with illustrations by Warren Chappell, and published by Alladin Books, New York. The mock-up consists of a book jacket, done in pen & ink with watercolor, frontispiece, and title page.