Esmeralda Set Free

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An armored man on horseback tries to escape through the city streets with the young woman he has abducted

Esmeralda set free by Phœbus.

Artist

Name:: Lemud, Aimé de
Dates:: 1816/7-1887
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Tamisier, Charles
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Notre-Dame de Paris
Author:: Hugo, Victor
Publisher:: Paris: Perrotin, 1844
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Description:

An armored man on horseback tries to escape through the city streets with the young woman he has abducted. Another man standing at a corner seizes the woman by her skirt to free her, poised to dodge the blow that the first man is about to deliver.

The caption reads in the original French: Esméralda délivrée par Phœbus.

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