Ancient Egypt meets George Barbiere. Plates by Barbiere from a 1929 edition of Théophile Gautier’s “Le roman de la momie” (mummy).

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Front cover. View 11 from a 1929 edition of Théophile Gautier’s Le Roman de la Momie. George Barbiere, illustrator. Collections of the Gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque national de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15247099/f11.planchecontact.r=roman%20de%20la%20momie
View 86, page 62 from a 1929 edition of Théophile Gautier’s Le Roman de la Momie. George Barbiere, illustrator. Collections of the Gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque national de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15247099/f86.planchecontact.r=roman%20de%20la%20momie
View 117 from a 1929 edition of Théophile Gautier’s Le Roman de la Momie. George Barbiere, illustrator. Collections of the Gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque national de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15247099/f141.planchecontact.r=roman%20de%20la%20momie
Page 225 from a 1929 edition of Théophile Gautier’s Le Roman de la Momie. George Barbiere, illustrator. Collections of the Gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque national de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15247099/f249.item.r=roman%20de%20la%20momie

Page 263 from a 1929 edition of Théophile Gautier’s Le Roman de la Momie. George Barbiere, illustrator. Collections of the Gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque national de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15247099/f287.item.r=roman%20de%20la%20momie
Page 281 from a 1929 edition of Théophile Gautier’s Le Roman de la Momie. George Barbiere, illustrator. Collections of the Gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque national de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k15247099/f305.item.r=roman%20de%20la%20momie

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