Comments on: Terrible Eyes: On a Newly Discovered Photograph of Arthur Rimbaud

By: eric

eric — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:54:33 +0000

its not him arthur didnt have that type of hair line or sunken in dark eyes… obvious a day

By: sandrina

sandrina — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:03:17 +0000

I think its him.. I looked at his earlier pictures and noted his narrow nose and distance from his mouth to his chin. And then I looked at this. It fits. Other features fit too. The age matches as well.

By: Hectocotylus

Hectocotylus — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:02:26 +0000

re: singing bear –

The question of whether or not that’s Rimbaud in the photo may never be known with 100% certainty, but the photograph itself is not a hoax and it has nothing to do with Raphaël Zacharie de Izarra. I don’t know why so many people have believed Jacques Quentin (de Izarra in disguise?) without any real evidence or proof being brought forth on his part.

More interesting is the recent development of the identification of Henri Lucereau in the photo, which means that in order for the face in question to be Rimbaud, the man sitting at far left (previously identified as Alfred Bardey) CANNOT BE Alfred Bardey! (This has to do with the fact that Rimbaud arrived in Aden in August, and Lucereau passed through at around the same time (he was killed in October)). So, if that is indeed Rimbaud and Lucereau together, the photo must be from August 1880. However, Bardey was not in Aden at that time! And now the identity of the first bearded man becomes crucial to this puzzle… (The second bearded man is Maurice Riès, according to his great grandson.)

This is a nice blog! I really like the paragraph on Rimbaud — a great summary of his importance and genius.

By: Singing Bear

Singing Bear — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:35:59 +0000

I keep trying to leave the appropriate links here but the comments box doesn’t want to know. try Googling “izarralune.blogspot” at take it from there. I’ve left the addresses of the relevant sites umpteen time shere but the HTML doesn’t seem to work. Here’s hoping. Unless it’s a double bluff, of course!

By: Adam Fitzgerald

Adam Fitzgerald — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:45:16 +0000

Your proof?

By: Singing Bear

Singing Bear — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:33:14 +0000

It’s a fake.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:17:36 +0000

Rimbaud is an always favorite. He looks vaguely like Lautreamont.