The <em>Fille-de-Chambre</em> — "The Temptation" — The ninth full-page illustration for "A Sentimental Journey" (1768)

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The Fille-de-Chambre — "The Temptation."

Tony Johannot

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1857

Engraving on wood

14.5 cm high by x 10 cm wide, vignetted

Eighth full-page illustration for A Sentimental Journey (1857), facing page 160.

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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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Passage Illustrated: Yorick tempted by a Fille de Chambre

A strap had given way in her walk, and the buckle of her shoe was just falling off. "See," said the fille de chambre, holding up her foot. I could not, for my soul but fasten the buckle in return, and putting in the strap, and lifting up the other foot with it, when I had done, to see both were right, in doing it too suddenly, it unavoidably threw the fair fille-de-chambre off her centre, — and then — ["The Temptation. Paris," pp. 159-60]

Bibliography

Sterne, Laurence. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. With 100 illustrations by Tony Johannot. London: Willoughby, 1857.

Last modified 28 September 2018