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Le paysan et la rivière: Phosphatine Falières, aliment des enfants
Le paysan et la rivière: Phosphatine Falières, aliment des enfants
Advertisement for Phosphatine Falières. Card features a color illustration of three men by a river. All three men are wearing black tricorns. The rightmost man is sitting down, a peasant or farmer. He is wearing a worn blue coat with a yellow bindle on the ground next to him. Two men are standing behind him and looking down on the peasant. The leftmost man is wearing a green coat, the other a red coat and is holding a walking stick behind his back. Around the image is a border with statues of two humans on top with water jugs. On the back is the poem "Le paysan et la rivière" from the Fables of Florian, and another image of a peasant by a river. The black and white illustration shows the back of the peasant sitting by a river with his bindle and hat on the ground next to him. Above, around the poem, is a green border made of fish and seaweed.
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