Musée ou magasin comique de Philipon : contenant 800 dessins par Cham de N... ... [et al.]

Philipon, Charles, 1800-1862, Cham, 1819-1879, Bourget, M., 19th cent · 1840 · Paris : Aubert et Cie. · 38 pictures

A comic album published in Paris in 1840 by Aubert et Cie, assembled by Charles Philipon with caricatures by Cham and others, aimed at a French readership seeking satirical wit. Its pictures are small pen-and-ink lithographs of mocking figures in theatrical or fashionable dress, with loose hatching and exaggerated postures; a designer might take their caricatured poses, costume silhouettes and sketchy line work as models for character comedy.

French prose literature · French wit and humor

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