Victor Hugo's name has deservedly been attached to the cry for social justice. Indeed, with such socially charged books such as Les Misérables (1863) and The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829), the ...

This is a volume of illustrations published without the novel they illustrate. In 1840, the French painter and illustrator Gustave Brion (1824-1877) joined the studio of the portrait and history ...

The last several months have witnessed something rare in art — the birth and consolidation of a new art myth. A longstanding belief has been toppled, replaced by a brand-new conviction. The fable: ...

United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition. 1876 Official Catalogue. Part II. Art Gallery, Annexes, and Out-Door Works of Art. Department IV.--Art. Sixth and Revised Edition.

Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 147 (Sale info: For Sale). "Above his doomed head the cruel lash doth whirl;/ 'Tis Monday--at the village inn yestreen the churl/ Drank fury, shouts and ...