In the Editorial Armchair

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Zoom in — The countess saw Nathan sitting there and groaning in the editorial armchair.

(Facing p. 320.)

Artist

Name:: Cortazzo, Oreste
Dates:: 1836-1912
Country:: Italy

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Faivre, Claude
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 woman walks into a room to discover a man sitting unconscious at his desk, with a brazier next to him and papers and coals scattered on the floor.

The caption reads in the original French: La Comtesse aperçut Nathan qui râlait assis sur son fauteuil de rédacteur en chef.

Caption based on Katharine Prescott Wormeley’s translation from A Daughter of Eve. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895.

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