Rescued from Drowning

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Zoom in — They pulled the drowning one out of the water.

Artist

Name:: Benett, Léon
Dates:: 1839-1917
Country:: France

Illustration

Subjects:: Animals, Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Hildibrand, Henri Théophile
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Aventures de terre et de mer
Author:: Mayne-Reid, Thomas
Publisher:: Paris: Hetzel, n.d. [1872?]

Description:

A group of monkeys forms a chain from a high branch in the trees to rescue one of them which has fallen into the water.

The caption reads in the original French: Ils relevèrent la noyée.

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