{"title":"Bayard, Émile-Antoine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eÉmile-Antoine Bayard (1837-1891)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a French illustrator born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne. A student of Léon Cogniet, he is known for illustrating Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting in 1853, Bayard was a student of Cogniet for five years, publishing his first cartoons at the age of fifteen, often using the anagrammatic pseudonym, Abel De Miray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1857 and 1864, he worked in the mediums of charcoal drawings, paintings, watercolours, woodcuts, engravings, and lithographs. In 1864, he began to work primarily for magazines, and illustrated current events such as the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the 19th century, with a growing interest in photography displacing documentary drawing, Bayard moved to illustrating novels, including Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, L'Immortel by Alphonse Daudet, \"Robinson Crusoé by Daniel De Foë, and From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. His illustration of Cosette from Les Misérables was adapted for the logo from the Cameron Mackintosh musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile there had been art depicting spaceflight and alien worlds prior to 1865, they were based heavily on mysticism as opposed to science. Bayard's artwork accompanying From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne is considered among the first Space art of a scientific nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bayard-mile-antoine-1837-1891-melusine-1870","title":"Bayard, Émile-Antoine (1837-1891) - Mélusine 1870","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"10791271878359175031\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMélusine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"10791271878359172732\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a figure from European folklore, a female spirit often depicted as a woman with a serpent or fish tail from the waist down, sometimes with wings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"10791271878359174529\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is associated with fresh water sources like holy wells and rivers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in jpeg format, that is 600dpi and 5562 pixels wide by 7992 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/bayard-emile-antoine\" title=\"Émile-Antoine Bayard\"\u003eÉmile-Antoine Bayard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51244957335882,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Bayard_Emile-Antoine_1837-1891_-Melusine1870_main.jpg?v=1754660393"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Bayard_Emile-Antoine_1837-1891-1041559.jpg?v=1752090154","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/bayard-emile-antoine.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}