Hanging by One Hand

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A man is precariously balanced on the buffer of a moving locomotive as he attempts to uncouple it from the luggage car

Hanging by one hand between the tender and the luggage-van, he...

(Facing p. 52.)

Artist

Name:: Benett, Léon
Dates:: 1839-1917
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Louis, P.
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Around the world in eighty days
Author:: Verne, Jules
Publisher:: Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1873
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A man is precariously balanced on the buffer of a moving train as he attempts to uncouple the tender from the luggage car by unfastening the safety chain.

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