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Artist
- Name:
- Herpin, Léon Pierre
- Dates:
- 1841-1880
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Photogravure
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Histoires extraordinaires
- Author(s):
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Publisher:
- Paris: Albert Quantin, 1884
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A man is sitting astride a large branch of a tree standing on a rocky coast as a human skull can be seen in the foreground, nailed to a smaller branch.
The caption reads in the French version: Le scarabée d’or.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, seafront, skull, tree
