Walks up to the Bed

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An officer ushered in by love
Walks stealthily up to her bed.

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Artist

Name:
Meissonier, Ernest
Dates:
1815-1891
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Lavieille, Jacques Adrien
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
University of Ottawa Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Les contes rémois
Author:
Chevigné, Louis de
Publisher:
Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1861
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Description:

A man in eighteenth-century uniform tip-toes to a bed in which a woman lies sleeping.
This illustration features at the beginning of the tale “L’aveu naïf” (The naive confession).

The caption reads in the original French:

Un officier, par l’amour introduit,
À pas de loup s’approche de son lit.

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