Climbed upon the Chest of Drawers

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A young man has climbed onto a chest of drawers and peeks into the room next door through a crack in the wall

He climbed upon the chest of drawers.

(P. 433.)

Artist

Name:: Brion, Gustave
Dates:: 1824-1877
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Yon & Perrichon
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Toronto Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Les misérables
Author:: Hugo, Victor
Publisher:: Paris: J. Hetzel et A. Lacroix, 1867
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A young man has climbed onto a chest of drawers and peeks into the room next door through a crack in the wall.

The caption reads in the original French: Il escalada la commode.

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