The Sentinel Stranger

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Zoom in — Mr. Guillaume at length perceived the sentinel stranger.

(Frontispiece.)

Artist

Name:: Toudouze, Édouard
Dates:: 1848-1907
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Le Sueur, Xavier
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Toronto Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: La maison du chat qui pelote
Author:: Balzac, Honoré de
Publisher:: Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1901
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Description:

A man in a top hat stands at a street corner leaning on a ledge and looking at a storefront as the shopkeeper eyes him sideways from the doorway.

The caption reads in the original French: M. Guillaume aperçut alors le passant en faction.

Caption based on Philip Kent’s translation from The Cat and Battledore. Chicago: Belfords, Clarke & Co, 1879.

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