A Traveler Seated by the Road

Hand-colored engraving depicting an anthropomorphic moth with large, colorful wings sitting on the raised side of a road, its arms folded across its chest and a sack on a stick lying beside it. In the background, other winged creatures can be seen dancing to the music of a fiddler in a courtyard.

The caption reads in the original French: Je vis un voyageur assis au bord de la route. — Bombix [sic] Grand Paon de nuit.