Gringoire as an Acrobat

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Gringoire as an acrobat.

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Artist

Name:
Rudder, Louis-Henri de
Dates:
1807-1881
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Laisné, father and daughters
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Notre-Dame de Paris
Author:
Hugo, Victor
Publisher:
Paris: Perrotin, 1844
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Description:

A street performer makes a show of his entertaining skills by carrying between his teeth a chair to which a cat is tied down.

The caption reads in the original French: Gringoire en saltimbanque.

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