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Two women read aloud and talk to each other, while a sick man listens in suffering silence. Line engraving.

A nun brings some refreshment to a feverish patient, with a poem by Legouvé. Coloured lithograph by J.P. Moynet, 1846.

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Gabriel-Marie Legouvé

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A nun brings some refreshment to a feverish patient, with a poem by Legouvé. Coloured lithograph by J.P. Moynet, 1846.