Blew the Trunk

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Then blew the trunk amain, and afterward
The wind was into such a voice converted.

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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:

A human figure crawls on the ground, attacked by three dogs and surrounded by eerie, threatening creatures such as anthropomorphic trees and birds. This picture illustrates the following passage:

Then blew the trunk amain, and afterward
The wind was into such a voice converted:
“With brevity shall be replied to you.”
(Inferno, Canto XIII. Translation: Henry W. Longfellow.)

The caption reads in the original French: Le tronc souffla fortement et son souffle produisit ces paroles…

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