Cheap Wine

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A drunk man is sitting on the pavement, smiling as his laughing friend leans toward him

Les glougloux [sic] du vin à quat' sous.

Artist

Name:: Du Maurier, George
Dates:: 1834-1896
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Trilby, a novel
Author:: Du Maurier, George
Publisher:: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895
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A drunken man, with his hat tilted back on his head, is sitting on the pavement, smiling dazedly as his laughing friend leans toward him.
The caption loosely tranlates to: “The glug-glug of cheap wine.”

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