Grave Digging

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Fauchelevent took the shovel and Jean Valjean the pick-axe.

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Artist

Name:
Brion, Gustave
Dates:
1824-1877
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Yon & Perrichon
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
University of Toronto Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Les misérables
Author:
Hugo, Victor
Publisher:
Paris: J. Hetzel et A. Lacroix, 1867
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Description:

Two men are busy digging a grave in a cemetery with crosses in the background.

The caption reads in the original French: Fauchelevent prit la pelle et Jean Valjean la pioche.

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