De postiljon Le postillon de Mam' Ablou, la fleur des postillons, le bijou des Dames. (titel op object) Galerie Comique (serietitel op object), RP-P-OB-41.298, Victor Adam, circa 1846

Identification title(s): the postilion. Le postillon de mam' ablou, la fleur des postillons, le bijou des dames. (title on object). Galerie comique (series title on object). Object type: cartoon serial number: 68/?object number: rp-p-ob-41. 298. Inscriptions / marks: annotation, recto right, handwritten: '225' stamp, recto left, stamped: 'timbre royal seine 3 c. ', round postmark of 3 centimes with image of an acclaimed classical figure. Collector's mark, verso, printed: lugt 2228. Description: a mail rider lights his pipe, while a peasant woman offers him wine. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: victor adam, printer: aubert & junca, publisher: gabriel aubert. Place of manufacture: paris. Dating: ca. 1846. Material: paper technique: chalk lithography. Dimensions: top: h 242 mm × w 359 mm explanation the postilion was a courier who delivered mail on foot or on horseback. 'le postillon de mam'ablon' was a play performed in paris in 1846. The humorous print appeared in le charivari, an illustrated satirical newspaper published in paris from 1832. Subject: what: postman on horseback, postiljon. Acquisition: unknown 2017. Date: circa 1846.