Their Lips Touched

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Zoom in — As they rode through the air, their lips touched.

(Facing p. 148.)

Artist

Name:: Varin, Amédée
Dates:: 1818-1883
Country:: France

Illustration

Subjects:: Animals, Humor
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Varin, Amédée
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Les papillons, vol. 1
Authors:: Nus, Eugène; Méray, Antony
Publisher:: Paris: Gabriel de Gonet, n.d. [1852]
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Description:

Hand-colored engraving depicting anthropomorphic butterflies riding horses in the air, about to kiss as their paths converge. Below them lies a broad mountainous landscape enriched by vegetation that grows to form a decorative mandorla around the main figures.

The caption reads in the original French: Dans leur course aérienne ils s'effleurèrent des lèvres.

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