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Le chef d'oeuvre inconnu, Honoré de Balzac French, Woodcut and photo etching
Le chef d'oeuvre inconnu
Multiple artists/makers
1931
Les Contes Drolatiques
Multiple artists/makers
1855
Pictures of the French
Multiple artists/makers
1840
Napoleon, son histoire racontée par un vieux soldat dans une grange
Multiple artists/makers
1927
La Fille aux Yeux d'Or (The Girl with the Golden Eyes)
Multiple artists/makers
1896
The Girl with the Golden Eyes (La Fille aux Yeux d'Or)
Multiple artists/makers
1928
La Peau de Chagrin
Multiple artists/makers
1838
Pictures of the French
Multiple artists/makers
1840
Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
Multiple artists/makers
1874 (?)
Le Peche Veniel
Multiple artists/makers
1922
Pictures of the French
Multiple artists/makers
1841
La Cousine Bette
Multiple artists/makers
1888
Le Père Goriot
Multiple artists/makers
1885
We are going to incise the muscles, saw the bones, in a word, heal the sick, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
We are going to incise the muscles, saw the bones, in a word, heal the sick, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
As soon as I set foot on the island..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
As soon as I set foot on the island..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
After accepting a glass of sweet water, the illustrious orator descends from the platform, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals" , J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving

After accepting a glass of sweet water, the illustrious orator descends from the platform, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
An Old Butterfly, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
An Old Butterfly, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
The Sloth yawned: 'I had...waited', from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
The Sloth yawned: 'I had...waited', from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
She responded to my protests and oaths with a tone of mockery so cold that I swore to die, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
She responded to my protests and oaths with a tone of mockery so cold that I swore to die, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
I urged them to eat some boiled eggs, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
I urged them to eat some boiled eggs, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
My hero was good at hanging, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
My hero was good at hanging, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
At this frightful story, Zemire throws himself at Azor's feet, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
At this frightful story, Zemire throws himself at Azor's feet, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
He has each of them, as they say in the journals devoted to the fine arts, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
He has each of them, as they say in the journals devoted to the fine arts, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
A Banker, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
A Banker, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
She posed herself as a superior owl, and was just a ridiculous owl, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
She posed herself as a superior owl, and was just a ridiculous owl, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
Old, broken, haggard, whimsical, yet good, yet dedicated, and domestic by temperament, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
Old, broken, haggard, whimsical, yet good, yet dedicated, and domestic by temperament, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
When we do not want to see the dawn rise, we do not care about a neighbor like that!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Engraving
When we do not want to see the dawn rise, we do not care about a neighbor like that!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1842
This protest was stifled by the noise of private conversations, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
This protest was stifled by the noise of private conversations, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
Private and Public Life of Animals; Scenes of Customs, J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
Private and Public Life of Animals; Scenes of Customs
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
I hope to prove one day that in the hands of a magpie, a feather is no less valuable than in the claws of a wolf or the legs of a fox, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
I hope to prove one day that in the hands of a magpie, a feather is no less valuable than in the claws of a wolf or the legs of a fox, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
The oldest rabbit jumped respectfully on his grandfather's lap..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
The oldest rabbit jumped respectfully on his grandfather's lap..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
There was once, in the camp there, two little hares with their sister, and then there was also a big bad bird who wanted to stop them from passing, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
There was once, in the camp there, two little hares with their sister, and then there was also a big bad bird who wanted to stop them from passing, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
The Beautiful World of the Tuileries, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
The Beautiful World of the Tuileries, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
His son, who looked like him in every way ..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
His son, who looked like him in every way ..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
Friends, the wise one places his glory in eating well, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
Friends, the wise one places his glory in eating well, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
Only his belly was remarkable, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
Only his belly was remarkable, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
More than once, while leaving the masked ball Mr. de *** was arrested by the patrol officers, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
More than once, while leaving the masked ball Mr. de *** was arrested by the patrol officers, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
Article 231. The husband needs to protect his wife, the wife needs to obey her husband, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
Article 231. The husband needs to protect his wife, the wife needs to obey her husband, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
The author of this attack is a delicate little wolf, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
The author of this attack is a delicate little wolf, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
We live between ourselves, we hate the nuisances and the visits, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
We live between ourselves, we hate the nuisances and the visits, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
Here is one who mends by nicely biting, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
Here is one who mends by nicely biting, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47
What's that noise? and what does this scoundrel want?, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
What's that noise? and what does this scoundrel want?, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1837–47