Augustine, Pale and Trembling

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A woman stands hiding her face in her hand as her parents admonish her from their armchairs — Augustine, pale, trembling, and red eyed, stood before her father and mother.
(Facing p. 40.)

Artist

Name:: Toudouze, Édouard
Dates:: 1848-1907
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Le Sueur, Xavier
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Toronto Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: La maison du chat qui pelote
Author(s):: Balzac, Honoré de
Publisher:: Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1901
Open Library:: View record

Description

A young woman stands in a drawing room hiding her face in her hand as her parents admonish her from their armchairs.

The caption reads in the original French: Augustine, pâle, tremblante et les yeux rouges, comparut devant son père et sa mère.

Caption based on Philip Kent’s translation from The Cat and Battledore. Chicago: Belfords, Clarke & Co, 1879.

Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, admonishment, black & white, crying