She Slit the Leather Cover

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She fetched the razor and slit the leather cover of the portfolio, through which Marie's letters dropped.

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Artist

Name:
Cortazzo, Oreste
Dates:
1836-1912
Country:
Italy

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Etching
Engraver:
Faivre, Claude
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
University of Toronto Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
La maison du chat qui pelote
Author:
Balzac, Honoré de
Publisher:
Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1901
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Description:

A woman holding a razor hands out a bunch of letters over a table, on which a long knife can be seen, to one of the two masked women standing in the room with her.

The caption reads in the original French: Florine prit le rasoir et fendit les plis du marocain qui s’ouvrit et laissa passer les lettres de Marie.

Caption based on Katharine Prescott Wormeley’s translation from A Daughter of Eve. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895.

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