Art, Symbol & Imagination
My Lisette: The Poet and His Beloved
A woman in a pale patterned dress sits beside a dark-clothed man who gestures across the room. Rose-coloured walls, a small framed picture and a red curtain enclose the pair. The scene illustrates the French song’s affection for Lisette and her power to brighten the speaker’s modest home.
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Edmund Dulac. "My Lisette: The Poet and His Beloved" [editorial title]. In Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Undated wartime Hodder & Stoughton edition published for The Daily Telegraph; London, New York and Toronto., undated edition, Hodder and Stoughton; published for The Daily Telegraph. Source scan leaf 99. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0090
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Edmund Dulac. My Lisette: The Poet and His Beloved. Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross. Scan leaf 99. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0090