Boulanger--Affaire Clemenceau title page illustration--La Lecture 105, Gustave Boulanger, 1867

Gustave boulanger, title page illustration for affaire clemenceau (1867) by alexandre dumas fils, reproduced in la lecture,10 april 1896, p. 105; from a unique copy of the book with illustrations drawn directly on its pages by numerous artists. From the la lecture article: "m. Gustave boulanger groups, at the beginning of the book, the desperate clemenceau and iza, naked with hair disheveled, in the insolent splendor of her girlish flesh, standing with the knife in her heart, between her two breasts, while between the sorry father and the guilty woman, the child sleeps innocent in its cradle. ". Date: 1867.