All Resolutions
Artist
- Name:
- Brion, Gustave
- Dates:
- 1824-1877
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Yon & Perrichon
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of Toronto Libraries, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les misérables
- Author(s):
- Hugo, Victor
- Publisher:
- Paris: J. Hetzel et A. Lacroix, 1867
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Two men in a cemetery are carrying a coffin and lowering it to the ground of a common grave where a cross and a shovel can be seen lying around.
The caption reads in the original French: Elle fut jetée à la fosse publique.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, death, ritual
