Les Voix intérieures
1882-1883
Imagine the Arc de Triomphe before the crazy Parisian traffic took over! Gustave Fraipont drew this majestic monument standing almost alone in a field of bushes, with birds flying past to show just how huge it is. The scribbled text at the bottom connects it to 'Les Voix intérieures' (Inner Voices), likely referencing the famous poetry collection by Victor Hugo. It feels like a page straight out of a 19th-century poet's sketchbook, capturing the monument as a source of literary inspiration rather than just a busy tourist trap.
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