Poznámky
The atelier Julian "concours de places": a periodic competition among the students, judged by the atelier's professors, in which the ranking of the works decided the choice of easel places and the best were awarded medals (cf. 3 June: "Le concours est jugé... Pas de médaille"). Not the hanging placement of paintings at the Salon. ↩
Pot-Bouille (1882), Zola's novel exposing the sexual hypocrisy of the Parisian bourgeoisie. ↩
Marie's ironic nickname for Cassagnac — le Défunt, "the Deceased" — suggesting he has died to her romantic imagination. ↩