Gun to My Throat

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They each put a gun to my throat and ordered me to tell them who I was.

Artist

Name:: Gigoux, Jean
Dates:: 1806-1894
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Author:: Lesage, Alain-René
Publisher:: Paris: Paulin, 1836
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Description:

A young man walking through a forest is stopped by two other men and has a gun pointed to his throat.

The caption reads in the original French: Me mettant chacun le pistolet sous la gorge, ils me sommèrent de leur apprendre qui j’étois.

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