Doux pays : 189 dessins
A collection of 189 satirical drawings by the French artist Jean Louis Forain, published in Paris in 1897 by Plon and aimed at a general readership of French political and social commentary. The pictures are pen-and-ink caricatures with captions in French, several printed sideways on the page, showing courtroom, cafe and parliamentary scenes with sharply drawn figures. A designer might take from them the economy of line and the use of exaggerated expression to convey social satire.
