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“King Louis’ Orchard” (aka “Le Verger du Roi Louis”; “Ballade de Gringoiré”), 1869, illustration plate and text plate to Théodore Faullain de Banville (1823–1891) poem, “La Ballade des Pendus” (The Ballad of the Hanged), which denounces the hangings ordered by King Louis XI … with the comparison of the hanged men to “incredible bunches of fruit” (see: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Verger_du_roi_Louis; and hear the ballad “Le verger du roi Louis” sung by Georges Brassens: https://youtu.be/fF0c5ZL5AcI).
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Note that the Abel Meeropol’s song, “Strange Fruit”, 1937, sung by Billie Holiday has “many analogies with this poem” (see Wikipedia link above). This is possibly a proof impression as it is printed on laid paper before publication in Paris on wove paper by Cadart & Luce (fl.
1867–1870/1) (see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/