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Qui veut rire? : album de 60 caricatures

Cham, 1819-1879 · 1860 · Paris : Arnauld de Vresse · 25 pictures

Qui veut rire? is a mid-nineteenth-century French album of sixty caricatures by Cham (Amédée de Noé, 1819-1879), published in Paris by Arnauld de Vresse in 1860 for a general audience of readers of comic prints. Its pictures are quick pen-and-ink wood engravings with hatched shadows, exaggerated faces and gestures, and minimal backgrounds, so a designer can borrow their economical line, expressive caricature poses, and bold comic staging for satirical or humorous layouts.

French wit and humor, Pictorial · Caricatures and cartoons

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