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(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
