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Artist
- Name:
- Robida, Albert
- Dates:
- 1848-1926
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les contes drolatiques, vol. 1 (Robida)
- Author(s):
- Balzac, Honoré de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Librairie Illustrée — J. Tallandier, ca. 1900
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
At the church, the devil is sitting among priests, looking over the book he holds in front of him to hide his face.
This picture is an illustration for “The Devil’s Heir,” from Droll Stories.
The caption reads in the original French: Le chanoine.
Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, black & white, clerical, Contes drolatiques, devil, religious, supernatural