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Hut — The pariah's garden at dawn.

Artist

Name:: Huet, Paul
Dates:: 1803-1869
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Landscapes & places
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Williams, Mary Ann
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Paul et Virginie
Author(s):: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri
Publisher:: Paris: Léon Curmer, 1838
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A thatched hut can only just be distinguished amid the wilderness of tropical vegetation.
The caption reads in the original French: Le jardin du paria au lever du soleil.

Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, black & white, cliff, foliage