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Artist
- Name:
- Doré, Gustave
- Dates:
- 1832-1883
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Humor, Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Jattiot, Charles
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
Book
- Title:
- Les contes drolatiques (Doré)
- Author(s):
- Balzac, Honoré de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Garnier Frères, 1881
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
This design shows a humorous coat of arms peppered with whimsical details such as a bird-faced helmet adorned with bells like a fool’s hat. By way of emblems the shield displays a gallows, a bottle of wine, a clyster syringe. This picture is used as the headpiece illustration to the prologue of the first ten stories.
The caption reads in the original French: Les armes de la gayeté.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, blazon, coat of arms, Contes drolatiques
