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Artist
- Name:
- Johannot, Tony
- Dates:
- 1803-1852
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Brevière, Louis-Henri
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of Illinois Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Le diable boiteux
- Author(s):
- Lesage, Alain-René
- Publisher:
- Paris: Ernest Bourdin et Cie., 1840
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A smiling figure with goat’s legs wears a cape and a turban decorated with peacock’s feathers and leans on a cane.
Le diable boiteux (literally “the Devil with a limp”) has been translated in English as The Devil upon Two Sticks.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, devil, frontispiece, hat, portrait, smiling
