The Lady Came Quickly Enough

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At night, a woman in a hooded cloak climbs down a rampart as three men await her in a punt boat

The lady came quickly enough.

Artist

Name:: Robida, Albert
Dates:: 1848-1926
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Observations:: caption translation from "Droll stories" 1874, [London] : Bibliophilist Society. P. 333. https://archive.org/details/cu31924008136347/page/333/mode/1up

Book

Title:: Les contes drolatiques, vol. 1 (Robida)
Author:: Balzac, Honoré de
Publisher:: Paris: Librairie Illustrée — J. Tallandier, ca. 1900
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At night, a woman in a hooded cloak climbs down a rampart, using a knotted rope, as three men await her in a punt boat.

The caption reads in the original French: La dame vint sans faulte.

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