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Artist
- Name:
- Devéria, Achille
- Dates:
- 1800-1857
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Lithographer:
- Delaunois, Nicolas Louis
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, The Internet Archive
Periodical
- Title:
- L'Artiste (volume of plates-1845)
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Paris: Bureaux de L'Artiste, n.d. [ca. 1845]
Description
A languid young woman is sitting on a bench between two men, one kissing her on the cheek, the other crying with his face in his hand.
This lithograph is an illustration to Les trois sœurs (Three sisters), a short story by Philarète Chasles.
The caption reads in the original French: Je vais là où sont mes sœurs […] Adieu!… Embrassez-moi une fois avant de mourir.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, crying, kiss, L'Artiste, mixed genders, periodical, sad
