He Slid down the Wall

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He slid down the wall with his motionless captive.

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Artist

Name:
Debacq, Charles Alexandre
Dates:
1804-1853
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
Frey, Jean Georges
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:
L'Artiste (volume of plates-1833)
Author:
Collective work
Publisher:
Paris: Bureaux de L'Artiste, n.d. [ca. 1833?]

Description:

A man wearing a burnous-like cloak hangs from a cornice by the tip of his fingers while holding an unconscious woman in his other arm. This is an illustration to Le marchand du Caire (The merchant of Cairo) by Henri Martin.

The caption reads in the original French: Il glissa le long de la muraille avec sa captive sans mouvement.

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