Ms. Magpie
All Resolutions
...From dictation by the Magpie, a friend of his.
Description:
A bird-headed, anthropomorphic figure strikes the pose of a writer at work, quill in hand.
This illustration was used as a headpiece for the story titled “Histoire d’un lièvre : sa vie privée publique et politique écrite sous sa dictée par une pie, son amie,” rendered in English as “History of a Hare. Written from Dictation by the Magpie.” This illustration is missing from the English edition (London: 1877).
The caption reads in the original French: … Sous sa dictée par une pie, son amie.
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