The cart. Illustrator: Gavarni. Engraver: Louis-Auguste Gérard. Illustration from 'Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné' ('The Last Day of a Condemned Man', written in 1829) and part of a set of engravings published in Victor Hugo's 'Oeuvres'. Preceded by "Napoleon le Petit", and followed by "Claude Gueux". Book published in French by Eugène Hugues in 1879.

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