Of Flesh and Blood

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It was a hand, seemingly, as much of flesh and blood as my own.

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Artist

Name:
Redon, Odilon
Dates:
1840-1916
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Lithograph
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
The Cleveland Museum of Art

Book

Title:
La maison hantée
Author:
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
Publisher:
Paris: Auguste Clot, 1896

Description:

A ghostly, translucid hand reaches for a letter lying on a table while the body it belongs to is visible only up to the collar, the head remaining off-frame.

The caption, in this French translation of The Haunted and the Haunters, reads as follows: Selon toute apparence, c’était une main de chair et de sang comme la mienne.

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