The funeral of Louis XVIII (V. Hugo, Odes et Ballades, Edition nationale, t1) - L. Ruet after H. Petiau
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Date :
1887
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre, eau-forte
Topic :
Storage Location :
PQ 2289 .O4 1885
Description
"The crowd at the threshold of a praying temple has come;
Mothers, children, old men, moan together;
And the brass that is swayed shakes in the cloud
The high steeples of Saint-Denis.
The sepulchre is disturbed in its dreary darkness.
Death, from these funereal layers,
Tightens the incomplete ranks.
Silence to the black stay that death protects! -
The Christian King, followed by his last procession,
Enters his last palace."
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Technical Data
Notice #024661
Image editing :
Image web
Bibliography :
Camille Page, Déambuler dans la Galerie des Illustres, Numéro Illustrer le roman national, 2025