Author(s):
le charivari, publisher
cham (amédée charles de noé, known as) (paris, 26–01–1819 - paris, in 09–1879), designer-lithographer
destouches, pierre louis hippolyte (28–06–1801), printer-lithographer
martinet (printer-bookseller), publisher
other title: the military career of jean bidoux [illustration] (inscribed title (letter))
date of production: 02–12–1862
dating in century: 3rd quarter of the 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts, manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 43. 6cm
width: 30. 5cm
dimensions - square line:
height: 25. 7cm
width: 21. 3cm
description:
1 sheet (4 pages); illustration page 3. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - above the image, centered: "the military career of jean bidoux"; image top left, below, centered: "on the verge of drafting jean bidoux / dreams of a good number"; image top right, signature bottom left: "cham"; image at the top right, below, centered: "see even that it is the only number which is good, which means that all the guys / in the country are obliged to leave leaving jean bidoux the task of single-handedly consoling / the girls of the place which gives him work!. But a / man must be useful for something"; image lower left, below, centered: "for eight days jean bidoux dreams fifteen / nights in a row the blessed number"; image bottom right, below, centered: "completely reassured by this happy prognosis, jean bidoux goes / without fear to the town hall on the big day of the draw. "; below the images, on the left: "m[ais]on martinet paris"; below the images, on the right: "lith destouches paris"
tax stamp - tax stamp stamped in black ink on the first page, top right: "imperial stamp"
inventory number - inventory number written in pencil on the fourth page, bottom right: "2018. 0. 161"
museum mark - circular stamp in black ink, on the first page, in black ink: "ville de paris / hauteville / house / guernsey"
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, caricature - humorous drawing, enlistment - conscription
acquisition method: manual donation
name of donor, testator, seller: hugo, jeanne (successively wife daudet, charcot, négreponte), hugo, jean, hugo, marguerite, hugo, françois
date of acquisition: 1927
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2018. 0. 161. Date: 02–12–1862.
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