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Paris au crayon : album de 60 caricatures

Cham, 1819-1879, artist · 1869 · Paris : Arnauld de Vresse, éditeur · 22 pictures

Paris au crayon is an 1869 album of sixty caricatures drawn by Cham (Amédée de Noé, 1819-1879) and published in Paris by Arnauld de Vresse, aimed at a general urban audience amused by French society satire. The four pictures show Parisian domestic and social scenes in loose, shaded pen-and-ink line, with exaggerated figures, flounced skirts and tall top hats, offering a designer quick examples of mid-century caricature staging, gesture and period costume.

French wit and humor, Pictorial · Caricatures and cartoons

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library