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The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.

Atala receiving her last communion from the missionary Père Aubry, while her dog and Chactas are crouching at the end of her camp in a mountain cave. Stipple print with etching by Fortier and J.P. Simon after Jean Baptiste Mallet.

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Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848. Atala

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Atala receiving her last communion from the missionary Père Aubry, while her dog and Chactas are crouching at the end of her camp in a mountain cave. Stipple print with etching by Fortier and J.P. Simon after Jean Baptiste Mallet.

The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.