Out of a Tomb

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Upon a sudden issued forth this sound from out one of the tombs.

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Artist

Name:
Dargent, Yan'
Dates:
1824-1899
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Berveiller, Édouard
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
La divine comédie
Author:
Alighieri, Dante
Publisher:
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1870
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Description:

Two men are standing at the foot of an open tomb, out of which a dead rises with one arm outstretched from the fire burning inside.
This picture illustrates the following passage:

Upon a sudden issued forth this sound
From out one of the tombs; wherefore I pressed,
Fearing, a little nearer to my Leader.
(Inferno, Canto X. Translation: Henry W. Longfellow.)

The caption reads in the original French: Tout à coup d’un tombeau sortirent ces paroles…

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