In the artistically vibrant halls of 19th century France, it was hard to find anyone with as fine a stroke as Émile-Antoine Bayard. Born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne, in 1837, Bayard discovered the hidden secrets of art under the skillful guidance of his mentor Léon Cogniet. His remarkable talent allowed him to publish his first cartoons at only 15 years old, often under the creative pseudonym Abel De Miray. He artfully explored media such as charcoal drawings, paintings, watercolors, woodcuts and engravings. However, it was the exquisite "art print" technique of lithography that allowed his works to shine with a splendor never before seen.
The late 19th century was an era of change. The emerging photography pushed documentary drawing into the background. But Bayard, steadfast in his artistic vision, turned to new horizons. He illustrated literary masterpieces from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" to Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Jules Verne's visionary "From the Earth to the Moon." His portrait of the incomparable Cosette from "Les Misérables" later became iconic, adapted for the logo of Cameron Mackintosh's world-famous musical. This art print is a coveted rarity today and a living testament to his immense talent.
But it was not only literary illustrations that enchanted Bayard. Before man set foot on the moon, the infinite expanses of space already captivated him. While artists before him mystically transfigured space travel and alien worlds, Bayard sought the truth. His groundbreaking illustrations for Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" are among the first scientifically based depictions of outer space. They ushered in a new era of space art in which science and art merged harmoniously.
When Émile-Antoine Bayard breathed his last in Cairo in 1891, he left behind not only an impressive artistic legacy, but also the indelible memory of an artist whose visions lived long after his death. A master whose works are still reproduced today in art prints of the highest quality to inspire generations of art lovers.
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_of_Jules_Vernes_book_Around_the_Moon_(Hetzel_editio_-_(MeisterDrucke-1065042).jpg "Engraving by Emile Bayard of Jules Verne")
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.jpg "Cosette. Illustration from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_burne_-_(MeisterDrucke-925789).jpg "Crusade against the Albigeois - The last defenders of Montsegur (Cathare) burned on the butcher in 1244 - Engraving by Emile Bayard after G. Burgun by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Sultan Hassan I of Morocco by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Cosette, Illustration from")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1066478).jpg "Complete work by Beaumarchais (1732-1799) by Edouard Fournier. drawing by Emile Bayard. Ed. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, Paris 1876. This is Rosine in “The Barber of Seville” by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_and_David_Livingstone_(1813_-_(MeisterDrucke-1066461).jpg "Meeting between Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) and David Livingstone (1813-1873), in “Le Tour du Monde” by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The collection of putty during the summer season (Drawing by Emile Bayard) by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The Count Almavira in")
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.jpg "Dr. Bartolo, from the opera")
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.jpg "Portrait of Ziba Khanoum, Persian princess. Engraving by E.Bayard, after a photograph, to illustrate the story Persia, Chaldee and Susiane in 1881-1882, by Jane Dieulafoy by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Paul Marcoy and His Expedition Being Carried Across a Swamp in Argentina by Chuncho Indians in 1874, illustration from")
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.jpg "Large canoe of the Arouhouimi on the Livingstone River (Drawing by Emile Bayard) by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Marius and Eponine, Illustration of the Novel")
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.jpg "Jean Valjean, Marius wounded on his back, fleeing in the water of Paris (Illustration of the novel “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo) by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Arminio Vambery received in audience by the Khan of Khiva, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, during his travels there in 1863, illustration from")
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.jpg "A sorcerer engages in magical operations on a slaughtered beef in Uganda, drawing by Emile Bayard, illustrating Captain Speke")
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.jpg "Victor Hugo")
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.jpg "Victor Hugo The Miserables, The Last Gorgee of the Chalice. Illustration by Emile Bayard. The former convict Jean Valjean became old with Cosette and Marius. Engraving of the edition Ollendorff 1906 by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-139016).jpg "The Day After Waterloo by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_(1636-1711)_in_Works_o_-_(MeisterDrucke-1064923).jpg "Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (Boileau-Despreaux) in")
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.jpg "Livingstone surprised by an elephant, in \"Le Tour du Monde\" by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_drawing_by_Emile_-_(MeisterDrucke-1066826).jpg "The blacksmiths, in the Ounyamouezi (Great Lakes region, Africa), drawing by Emile Bayard, illustrating the voyage of discovery in Africa, from 1860 to 1863 of Captain Speke. Engraving in Le tour du monde by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Victor Hugo")
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.jpg "The Reconciliation by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Illustration of Jules Verne")
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.jpg "A Caravanserai in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The History of a Crime, the Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062711).jpg "Complete work by Beaumarchais (1732-1799) by Edouard Fournier. drawing by Emile Bayard. Ed. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, Paris 1876. This is Colette in Colin and Colette by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The First Regular Fights Between Men in the Stone Age, or the Entrenched Camp of Furfooz by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Stanley and his expedition")
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.jpg "Patients bitten by rabid dogs being inoculated against rabies at the laboratory of the Ecole Normale, Paris by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The Leproux Quest in Chio by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Murder of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_in_the_Karague_(we_-_(MeisterDrucke-1065048).jpg "Degustation of the pombe (alcoholic beverage by fermentation), in the Karague (west of Lake Victoria, in present-day Zimbabwe), drawing by Emile Bayard, illustrating Captain Speke")
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.jpg "A Leopard Attacking an African, illustration from")
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.jpg "Stanley")
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.jpg "Crusade against the Albigeois - Siege of Toulouse, 25 June 1218 by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The Precursors of Raphael and Michelangelo, or the Birth of the Arts of Drawing and Sculpture at the Time of the Renaissance by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1064985).jpg "Figaro in")
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.jpg "Dr. David Livingstone in the first boat, flying the English flag, and Henry Morton Stanley in the second boat, flying the American flag, during their expedition in Africa in 1872, illustration from")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1004256).jpg "Complete Work by Beaumarchais by Edouard Fournier. Drawing by Emile Bayard. Ed. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, Paris 1876. This is Brid")
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.jpg "Illustration of Emile Bayard for Hector Malot")
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.jpg "Jean Valjean Closes the Eyes of Dead Fantine by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "A Funeral Meal at the Time of the Bear and the Mammoth, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Henry Morton Stanley watching the Vouagogos tribe preparing for battle during his expedition in 1871, illustration from")
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_to_illustrate_the_jo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1054862).jpg "The rat killer in Pekin (drawing by Emile Bayard, to illustrate the journey of Shanghai to Moscow, from 1859 to 1862, by M. de Bourboulon, Minister of France to China) by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Title page of Victor Hugo")
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.jpg "Rosine in")
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_Paris_He_-_(MeisterDrucke-50085).jpg "Illustration from")
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_appealed_to_the_fans_while_Dr_Gauch_-_(MeisterDrucke-1003871).jpg "Rabies vaccination: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) appealed to the fans while Dr. Gaucher vaccinated a Russian child, Joseph Meister, against rabies on 6/07/1885 in a laboratory on Ulm Street. Prints by Emile Bayard (1837-1891) 1886 Paris, Musee Pasteur by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The Champmathieu Case: Monsieur Madeleine Reveals His True Identity by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-227471).jpg "The Party at Thérèse")
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.jpg "Ballad Singer of Langue D")
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_of_Jules_Vernes_book_Around_the_Moon_(Hetzel_editio_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062928).jpg "Engraving (by Emile Bayard) of Jules Verne")
_of_Jules_Vernes_book_Around_the_Moon_(Hetzel_editio_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062928).jpg)
.jpg "The Third Republic and its presidents from 1871 to 1913 - the Commune of 1871 - Monsignor Darbois, Archbishop of Paris, was executed, shot with other hostages on 28 May 1871 - sitting of 16 June 1871 in the House of Deputies:")
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.jpg "Adulterers Being Stoned and Hung in Turkey, illustration from")
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.jpg "Frontispiece by Emile Bayard for the Hetzel 1880 edition of Hector Malot")
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.jpg "Hawaiian King Kamehameha I and his warriors, illustration from")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062709).jpg "Complete work by Beaumarchais (1732-1799) by Edouard Fournier. drawing by Emile Bayard. Ed. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, Paris 1876. This is Melac Father in The Two Friends by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Suzanne in Le mariage de Figaro - in Oeuvres complètes de Beaumarchais, drawings by Emile Bayard, ed. Laplace Sanchez & cie, Paris by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_and_Franck_Pock_his_exploration_companion_d_-_(MeisterDrucke-1059260).jpg "Sir Henri Morton Stanley (1841-1904) and Franck Pock, his exploration companion, decide a pile or face of the itinerary of their journey, drawing by Emile Bayard, to illustrate the story Through the Mysterious Continent (Equatorial Africa), a voyage by Emile Antoine Bayard")
_and_Franck_Pock_his_exploration_companion_d_-_(MeisterDrucke-1059260).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1004187).jpg "The court orchestra, in the Karague (west of Lake Victoria, present-day Zimbabwe), drawing by Emile Bayard, illustrating Captain Speke")
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_and_the_chiefs_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-984904).jpg "The Arrival of Kabba Rega to Sir Baker")
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.jpg "The meal of the soldiers of the guard of the King of Uganda, M")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1066476).jpg "Complete work by Beaumarchais (1732-1799) by Edouard Fournier. drawing by Emile Bayard. Ed. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, Paris 1876. This is Mother Chaplu in “The Deputies of the Hall” by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Cosette, illustration from")
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.jpg "A native of Ougogo, Central Africa, in war dress by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "North-Western Afghan Mountain Troops Fighting Against the British, Engraved by H. Koch by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "A prehistoric cave at night, illustration from")
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.jpg "Surfing, the practice of Hawaiian favorite game, here by women, in balance, standing or sitting, on the board, on the crest of the waves, who bring them back to the beach (engraving after Emile Bayard")
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.jpg "The excavations of 1864 in Pompei, under the direction of Inspector Fiorelli, drawing by Emile Bayard (1837-1891), to illustrate The text of Marc Monnier (1829-1885) Pompei and the Pompeians. Engraving in Le tour du monde, edited by Edouard Chart by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1066477).jpg "Complete work by Beaumarchais (1732-1799) by Edouard Fournier. drawing by Emile Bayard. Ed. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, Paris 1876. This is Bazile in “The Barber of Seville” by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Illustration for the Novel")
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.jpg "The Myriel Bishop with a Mourning Family - Illustration by Emile Bayard for The Miserables - First Part: Fantine by Victor Hugo 1862 by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-105455).jpg "Brid")
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.jpg "Epistle XI, To My Gardener, 1695 by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Two Men from French Guinea, c. 1850-1890 by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Figaro, illustration from Act V Scene 3 of")
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.jpg "Fiances and peasants of the Romanian frontiers, engraving after the drawing by Emile Bayard, illustrating the journey to Bulgaria, by Guillaume Lejean, in 1867, published in")
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.jpg "Astronaut Michel Ardan imagines himself being observed by a giant through a magnifying glass (Illustration of Jules Verne")
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.jpg "Northern Afghan rebels fighting the British in the mountains of Hazara, Pakistan, during British rule, 1878 by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "A Family in the Stone Age by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Sir Henry Morton Stanley, illustration from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-235510).jpg "Gavroche, 19th Century by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The Way of Heaven, drawing by E.Bayard, based on a painting from a pagoda to Tien Tsin, illustrating the journey from Shanghai to Moscow, from 1859 to 1862, by M.de Bourboulon, Minister of France in China. Engraving in Le tour du monde, edited by Edouard C by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "La Mère Chaplu in")
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.jpg "Cosette, illustration from")
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_(Katanga_region_Congo)_by_-_(MeisterDrucke-1067435).jpg "The passage of the river Lovoi by the expedition (Drawing by Emile Bayard) by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Figaro in")
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.jpg "Mother Carey")
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_Roger_(1815-1879)_French_tenor_-_(MeisterDrucke-917593).jpg "Portrait of Gustave Hippolyte Roger (1815-1879), French tenor - drawing by Emile Bayard by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Le Lutrin, Ch I by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Representation of Cosette, sweeping barefoot. Illustration for The Miserables by Victor Hugo by Emile Bayard, 19th century. Paris, Maison Victor Hugo by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "Les Femmes, Satire X by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The sail wheelbarrow, locomotion system used in northern China, drawing by E. Bayard, illustrating the journey from Shanghai to Moscow by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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_in_the_midst_of_the_bathers_of_the_Karagoue_-_(MeisterDrucke-1059261).jpg "Sir Henri Morton Stanley (1841-1904) in the midst of the bathers of the Karagoue region (Cameroon), who plunge into the hot and medical water basin of the Mtagata gorge, drawing by Emile Bayard, to illustrate the story Through the Mysterious Continent, a by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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.jpg "The cortege of Cassemmbe")
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.jpg "View of the Swiss Alps. Illustration for the book Les Montagnes d")
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_by_Edouard_Fournier_drawing_by_Emile_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-1059217).jpg "Figaro in The Barber of Seville by Emile Antoine Bayard")
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