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Artist
- Name:
- Doré, Gustave
- Dates:
- 1832-1883
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Humor, People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Crépaux, Émile
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Old Book Illustrations
Book
- Title:
- Les contes drolatiques (Doré)
- Author(s):
- Balzac, Honoré de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Garnier Frères, 1881
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Portrait of Madame d’Amboise, an older lady and mother of the young wife of a too innocent husband, in the story, “The Danger of Being Too Innocent,” from Droll Stories.
The caption reads in the original French: Vieille morte à yeulx ouverts.
The translation provided here is from the edition published in London by the Bibliophilist Society, 1874.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, caricature, Contes drolatiques, female, medieval, portrait
