Uncle's Legacy

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A man sits up in his bed and watches figures of dead people walk by at some distance

My uncle's Christian's legacy.

Artist

Name:: Bayard, Émile
Dates:: 1837-1891
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Pannemaker, Adolphe François
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Contes et romans populaires
Authors:: Chatrian, Alexandre; Erckmann, Émile
Publisher:: Paris: Hetzel, n.d.
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A man sits up in his canopy bed and watches dreamlike figures of dead people in sixteenth-century costumes walk by at some distance.

The caption reads in the original French: L’héritage de mon oncle Christian.

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