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Image ID

832439


Item data

Title

The ideal young man.

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Music -- Flute

Names

Germain, Jules, 1877-1946 (Wood-engraver)
Morin, Edmond, 1824-1882 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1887

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC MUSIC-Flu

Subjects

Flute players
Flutes
Older people -- Men
Music
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Misérables

Genres

Vignettes

Notes

Content: "It was an old emigré gentleman, blind and ruined, who played the flute in his garret in order to kill time."--from source text.
Source Note: Les misérables. (New York : Routledge, 1887) Hugo, Victor (1802-1885), Author.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 11 x 13 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17487551
Barcode: 33333159452933
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f225e520-c557-012f-a01b-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1887

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The ideal young man." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f225e520-c557-012f-a01b-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1887). The ideal young man. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f225e520-c557-012f-a01b-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The ideal young man." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f225e520-c557-012f-a01b-58d385a7bc34

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