All Resolutions
(Montaigne)
(Facing p. 281.)
Artist
- Name:
- Grandville, J.-J.
- Dates:
- 1803-1847
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Rouget, François
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of Toronto Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Petites misères de la vie humaine
- Author(s):
- Old Nick (Émile Forgues)
- Publisher:
- Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d. [1870]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Collection of eerie, dreamlike fear-inducing visions, such as disproportionate hooded skulls smirking in a graveyard, a man summoned to a sword duel, a lecherous man assaulting a woman in her boudoir, a soldier at the war, a tooth extraction, etc.
The caption reads in the original French: La peur ! qui représente tantost les bisaïeuls sortis du tombeau enveloppez de leur suaire, tantost des loups-garous, des lutins et des chimères… (Montaigne).
Keywords: 1840s, 1870s, 19th century, black & white, child, eerie, frightened, military, skull
