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Pinocchio rides a pigeon flying over a city as the full moon can be seen behind them — he wound his arms tightly round the neck of his feathered steed.

Artist

Name:: Chiostri, Carlo
Dates:: 1863-1939
Country:: Italy

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Bongini, Adolfo
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Le avventure di Pinocchio
Author(s):: Collodi, Carlo
Publisher:: Florence: R. Bemporad & Figlio, n.d. [1902]
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Description

Pinocchio rides a large pigeon flying over a city as the full moon can be seen behind them.

The caption reads in the original Italian: si avviticchiò colle braccia, stretto stretto, al collo della sua piumata cavalcatura.

Caption based on M. A. Murray’s translation from The Story of a Puppet: or The Adventures of Pinocchio. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.

Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, bird, black & white, children's book, flying, moon

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