As Catalogued by M. Lemoel on May 20, 1880, Twelve Days after the Writer’s Death.

In the bedroom on the first floor:

panama hat

top hat

red silk cravat

5 pairs of gloves

19 shirts

2 dressing gowns

5 waistcoasts

7 walking sticks

tobacco jar

two pairs of boots

In the dining room:

35 champagne glasses

48 porcelain dinner plates

a painting representing Napoléon I

a pocket watch in a gold case engraved with initials ‘GF’

a gold watch chain

a gold signet ring with square stone

a silver spoon and two forks marked ‘N flaubert’

5 oyster-knives with black handles and silver blades

In the study on the first floor:

Engraving in oakwood frame representing The temptation of Saint Antoine by Callot

Marble clock with bronze figurines, maker’s name ‘Destigny’ engraved on dial

Photographic reproduction of painting entitled Visions

Array consisting of lances, javelins, arrows, mandolin, Basque drum, axe, oriental pipe, cardboard Chinese statuette

Large round table in mahogany

Green woolen tablecloth

One tiger skin, one lynx skin, one bear skin, white

Penholder in the shape of dragon

Bronze inkwell

Three paperknives, one with initials ‘GF’

Two Egyptian lanterns

Unfinished manuscript of work entitled Bouvard et Pécuchet

Creuzer, Religions of Antiquity in 11 vols

Works of Saint Theresa in Migne edition

Works of Walter Scott in 32 vols.

(In the drawer of one of the small bookcases is found the sum of 2515 francs, which sum is deposited with Maitre Bidault to cover funeral expenses, burial charges, and other debts.)

Joanna Neborsky is a maker of jittery ink drawings and retro-fried collage. She lives in Brooklyn. You can buy a copy of this poster here.