Red Rooster

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A skeleton is straddling the wall of a cemetery as a crowd of more skeletons rises from the grave

Red Rooster.

Artist

Name:: Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre
Dates:: 1859-1923
Countries:: France, Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Engraver:: Rougeron, Vignerot & Cie
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Chansons rouges
Author:: Boukay, Maurice (Charles-Maurice Couyba)
Publisher:: Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. [1896]
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Description:

A skeleton wearing a sash is straddling the wall of a cemetery and looking at the city spreading out in front of him in the night as a crowd of more skeletons rises from the grave.

The caption reads in the original French: Le coq rouge.

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