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Artist
- Name:
- Doré, Gustave
- Dates:
- 1832-1883
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Michel
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Old Book Illustrations
Book
- Title:
- Les contes drolatiques (Doré)
- Author(s):
- Balzac, Honoré de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Garnier Frères, 1881
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
The nightmarish face of a grinning man wearing a jester’s hat. His teeth spell the word “prologue” and his eyes are made of two bells from his hat. This picture is used as a headpiece for the prologue of the second ten stories from Droll Stories.
The caption reads in the original French: Le dieu des rieurs.
The translation provided here is from the edition published in London by the Bibliophilist Society, 1874.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, Contes drolatiques, eerie, hat, jester, male, portrait
