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Artist
- Name:
- Robida, Albert
- Dates:
- 1848-1926
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les contes drolatiques, vol. 1 (Robida)
- Author(s):
- Balzac, Honoré de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Librairie Illustrée — J. Tallandier, ca. 1900
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A young woman is sitting on a bench in the street of a medieval city. She is busy with embroidery work while behind her the interior of her father’s workshop can be seen through an open window.
This picture is an illustration for The King’s Sweetheart, from Droll Stories.
Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, black & white, cityscape, Contes drolatiques, embroidery, female, medieval
