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Artist
- Name:
- Johannot, Tony
- Dates:
- 1803-1852
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Porret, Henri Désiré
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Histoire du roi de Bohême et de ses sept châteaux
- Author(s):
- Nodier, Charles
- Publisher:
- Paris: Delangle Frères, 1830
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A skeleton man riding a skeleton horse seems to descend from the sky upon the earth clutching his sword.
The caption reads in the original French: Qui diable pourra me dire ce que c’est qu’un cheval pâle.
Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, black & white, death, horse, riding, tailpiece