The death of Solinzeb La mort de Solinzeb / [graphic] =Gaugain, Thomas, -1810?, printmaker, publisher[March 1786]engfre"A man in oriental dress, wounded in the chest, expires in the arms of his daughter, on a leopard skin, attended by a European officer on the right, saying that he does not fear death but fears for his daughter's future, with a battle raging in the background to right; in a roundel; after Northcote."--British Museum online catalogueTitles etched below image, in English and French.One of a pair of engravings by Gaugain after Northcote that illustrate scenes from "Friendship put to the test," one of Jean-François Marmontel's popular stories from his Contes moraux. For the companion print entitled "The education of Coraly," see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 786.03.00.03+..With four lines of text below each title that quote from the story "Friendship put to the test."Mounted on an old album sheet: 49.2 x 42.1 cm.