A Dalliance

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 -- by Bacchus

This is a detail from a colored plate by Paul-Emile Bécat in a book entitled Fêtes Gallantes by Paul Verlaine:

a dalliance at a garden party

And no, I am not channeling Faustus, even if he has finally shamed me into figuring out how to put the little hats and strokes over French words when I am identifying my sources.