SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, BLACK SCRIPT GILLE. JEUNE F... PORCELAINE MARK TO ONE

First published in 1788, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre’s Paul and Virginia is the story of the growing love and adventures the two title characters, raised together by their mothers in the exotic landscapes of the Mauritius Island in the 18th century. The novel was hugely successful in the late 18th and 19th centuries, as evidenced by the many engravings, painting, pieces of porcelain, clocks or furniture inspired by the tale.