The Grinder's Song

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An itinerant grinder is leaning over a grindstone and sharpens a blade at the foot of a guillotine

The grinder's song.

Artist

Name:: Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre
Dates:: 1859-1923
Countries:: France, Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:: People
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Chansons rouges
Author:: Boukay, Maurice (Charles-Maurice Couyba)
Publisher:: Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. [1896]
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Description:

An itinerant grinder is leaning over a grindstone and meticulously sharpens a blade as a guillotine stands on a platform in the background, with a heap of severed heads at its foot.

The caption reads in the original French: La chanson du rémouleur.

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