The Grinder's Song

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The grinder's song.

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Artist

Name:
Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre
Dates:
1859-1923
Countries:
France, Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:
People
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Chansons rouges
Author:
Boukay, Maurice (Charles-Maurice Couyba)
Publisher:
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. [1896]
Open Library:
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Description:

An itinerant grinder is leaning over a grindstone and meticulously sharpens a blade as a guillotine stands on a platform in the background, with a heap of severed heads at its foot.

The caption reads in the original French: La chanson du rémouleur.

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