The River Was So Wide

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A boy rides a flying rooster over a broad river landscape with bulrushes and water lilies

The river was so wide that he flew for twenty-one days.

Artist

Name:: Doré, Gustave
Dates:: 1832-1883
Country:: France

Illustration

Subjects:: Narratives, People
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Measom, William Frederick
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Nouveaux contes de fées pour les petits enfants
Author:: Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de
Publisher:: Paris: Hachette, 1917
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A young boy rides a flying rooster over a broad river landscape with bulrushes and water lilies.

The caption reads in the original French: La rivière était si large qu’il vola pendant vingt et un jours.

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{{cite web | title=The River Was So Wide | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wide-river/ | author=Doré, Gustave | year=1917 | access-date=May 3, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}