Young Cosette sweeping: 1862 drawing for Victor Hugo's <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Les_Miserables" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Miserables">Les Miserables</a></i>. French illustrator Émile Bayard drew this sketch of Cosette for the first edition. It has become emblematic of the entire story, being used in promotional art for various versions of the musical.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:%C3%89mile_Bayard" class="extiw" title="w:en:Émile Bayard"><span title="French artist (1837-1891)">Émile Bayard</span></a>
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