An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Unknown Chef d' Oeuvre [translated from Balzac for the N Y. Saturday Press]

Balzac, Honore de. "The Unknown Chef d' Oeuvre [translated from Balzac for the N Y. Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press, October 29, 1859, 1.
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
translation
Abstract

A painter, new to town, arrives at the house of a great painter and his student. The foreigner quickly gains favor after showing a sketch.