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Ex-Libris Léon Gambetta
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Ex-Libris Léon Gambetta

Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911 · [ca. 1854–1911]

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The sun rises on the word "France" on the earth which turns, and lights up in the air the bonnet of Liberty, below which can be read "Vouloir c'est pouvoir;" two hands coming from the clouds at right breaking a stick; at left, the Gallic cock crows. The composition lightly traced with the needle.

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