The Portrait of Mademoiselle Guillaume

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A woman shows her female guest a portrait, at the sight of which this latter recoils — The duchess led Augustine to the portrait which Théodore had painted of Mademoiselle Guillaume.
(Facing p. 74.)

Artist

Name:: Toudouze, Édouard
Dates:: 1848-1907
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Le Sueur, Xavier
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Toronto Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: La maison du chat qui pelote
Author(s):: Balzac, Honoré de
Publisher:: Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1901
Open Library:: View record

Description

In a darkened gallery, a woman shows her female guest a brightly lit portrait, at the sight of which this latter recoils.

The caption reads in the original French: Augustine fut amenée par la Duchesse devant le portrait que Théodore avait fait de Mlle Guillaume.

Caption based on Philip Kent’s translation from The Cat and Battledore. Chicago: Belfords, Clarke & Co, 1879.

Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, art, black & white, female, surprise