Ninety-three
1882-1883
Gustave Fraipont brings the chaos of the French Revolution to life in this moody illustration for Victor Hugo's novel *Ninety-Three* (Quatre-vingt-treize). The scene shows a village, identified by the handwritten caption as Herbe-en-Pail, being consumed by fire and smoke in the distance, while a dark, leafy tree anchors the foreground. The scratchy, energetic lines create a sense of turmoil, perfectly matching the text at the bottom which translates to 'a pile of hovels was burning.' Created around 1882, this piece serves as a dramatic visual marker for Chapter VII of the famous historical fiction.
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