Boys Playing with Puppets

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Two boys play with puppets representing fighting knights, complete with shields and swords

Two boys playing with puppets.

Artist

Name:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Dates:: 1814-1879
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: G. Junior (G. Jeune)
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance, vol. 2
Author:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Publisher:: Paris: Vve A. Morel et Cie., 1874
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Description:

Two boys play with puppets representing fighting knights, complete with shields and swords. A rope passes through the puppets’ bellies, and their legs were likely weighted with lead to allow the children to mimic a sword fight.
This illustration was drawn after Herrad of landsberg’s manuscript, Hortus deliciarum, which was destroyed in 1870.

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{{cite web | title=Boys Playing with Puppets | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/children-puppets/ | author=Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel | year=1874 | access-date=June 13, 2026 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}