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Artist
- Name:
- Beaumont, Édouard de
- Dates:
- 1821-1888
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- University of Ottawa Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Le diable amoureux
- Author(s):
- Cazotte, Jacques
- Publisher:
- Paris: Henri Plon, 1871
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A human-shaped creature with bat wings, cleft feet, and a snake coiled around its body flies over Paris at night with a knife in its hand.
The caption reads in the original French: … Ou satan continuera de régner sur la terre.
Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, black & white, devil, flying, monster, night, Paris
