The River Was So Wide

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The river was so wide that he flew for twenty-one days.

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Artist

Name:
Doré, Gustave
Dates:
1832-1883
Country:
France

Illustration

Subjects:
Narratives, People
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Measom, William Frederick
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Nouveaux contes de fées pour les petits enfants
Author:
Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de
Publisher:
Paris: Hachette, 1917
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Description:

A young boy rides a flying rooster over a broad river landscape with bulrushes and water lilies.

The caption reads in the original French: La rivière était si large qu’il vola pendant vingt et un jours.

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