Grave Digging

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Two men are busy digging a grave in a cemetery with crosses in the background — Fauchelevent took the shovel and Jean Valjean the pick-axe.

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 are busy digging a grave in a cemetery with crosses in the background.
The caption reads in the original French: Fauchelevent prit la pelle et Jean Valjean la pioche.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, death, working

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