The sphinx: my gaze that nothing can deflect, remains stretched across things on an inaccessible horizon. The chimera: I am light and joyful!, Odilon Redon, 1889

Plate 5: a sphinx to the left, a floating chimaera to the right. 1889 lithograph on chine appliqué. Date: 1889. Dimensions: Height: 282 mm; Width: 202 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gustave Flaubert. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration, portfolio (BM 1905,1101.8)