All Resolutions
And hurried to the door, for she was kind-hearted.
Artist
- Name:
- Meissonier, Ernest
- Dates:
- 1815-1891
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Regnier, Isidore Désiré
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- University of Ottawa Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les contes rémois
- Author(s):
- Chevigné, Louis de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1861
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A man in a clerical robe embraces and kisses a woman fresh out of her bed.
This illustration features at the beginning of the tale “Le bahut” (The sideboard).
The caption reads in the original French:
Elle s’éveille à la voix du pasteur
Et court ouvrir, car elle avait bon cœur.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, clerical, kiss, mixed genders
