Musketeer Kissing a Lady's Hand

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Zoom in — La Vallière held out her frail and white hand to the musketeer.

Artist

Name:: Neuville, Alphonse de
Dates:: 1835-1885
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Linton, Henry Duff
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Old Book Illustrations

Book

Title:: Les Bons Romans
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: Paris: 1862

Description:

A seventeenth-century musketeer is leaning to kiss a lady’s hand.
The caption reads in the original French: La Vallière tendit au mousquetaire sa main frêle et blanche.

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