Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
L'Abencérage. - Mme. Louise Colet. "Ah! de mon désespoir, mon père, sauvez-moi! - Plus de merci pour lui, plus de pitié pour toi."
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · 1848
In a palace room, a kneeling girl seen from the back, and turned towards the left, begs her father to allow her marriage. The old man, his hand raised, indicating with his finger that the heavens are against their vows. In the foreground, at right, "l'Abencerage" takes his hand to his yataghan.
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