I Broke a Bar

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A man is escaping from a prison through a window and holds onto a bar as he prepares to drop to the ground

I broke a bar of one of the windows.

Artist

Name:: Brion, Gustave
Dates:: 1824-1877
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Yon & Perrichon
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Toronto Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Les misérables
Author:: Hugo, Victor
Publisher:: Paris: J. Hetzel et A. Lacroix, 1867
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A man is escaping from a prison through a window and holds onto a bar as he prepares to drop to the ground.

The caption reads in the original French: J’ai brisé un barreau d’une fenêtre.

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