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Artist
- Name:
- Johannot, Tony
- Dates:
- 1803-1852
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- University of Illinois Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Le diable boiteux
- Author(s):
- Lesage, Alain-René
- Publisher:
- Paris: Ernest Bourdin et Cie., 1840
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Three gigantic, monstrous devils revel in watching a battle with tiny humans charging on horseback toward a village and wielding their swords.
The caption reads in the original French: Ils entrent dans les conseils des princes […] et allument les flambeaux de la guerre.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, battle, black & white, devil, eerie, supernatural