Title: gli animali parlanti
abstract: italian political cartoon shows a banquet where many different species of animals have come together in peace to celebrate the wedding of the lion and the lioness, shown on the left reclining on a mound of dead animals; gathered around the table, at center, are bears, a goat, lions, a donkey, a unicorn, a camel, and an elephant; in the lower right foreground are a bull and a goat, at upper right, behind a wall labeled "ciornalisti", are dogs and a wild cat, they hold papers labeled "pays, times, allgemeine zeitung, fanfulla, [and] viener zeitun". At top center, next to a tree, is a rabbit sitting on a stone labeled "vatican[?]", and at lower right center is a monkey magician labeled "diplomazia", holding a wand and lifting the lid to a pot containing armaments, medals, and a red cross flag; the pot rests on a small table in front of the monkey, there are also two scrolls labeled "decret" and "diploma" on the table. A monkey sits at the feet of the lion and lioness, twisting together their tails, between his legs is a feather duster labeled "canceliere". Many of the guests have champagne glasses and they are identified by the inscription on the glass; next to the wedding couple is a glass labeled "germania", the goat and bear hold glasses labeled "serbia" and "montenegi[. . ]", the donkey's glass is labeled "austria", the camel's glass is labeled "ecitto", the unicorn's glass is labeled "inghilter", and the bull's glass is labeled "rumelia". The elephant is drinking from a bottle labeled "suez". Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph; sheet 42. 2 x 58. 9 cm. Notes: left side caption (italian): le varie razze radunate in convito per mostrate la pace del mondo animale, festeggiano le nozze del leone e della leonessa. La prestigiatrice fara i doni di circostanza.;right side caption (french): les races diffèrentes, reunies à table pour montrer la paix du monde animal, font fête pour los noces du lion et de la lionesse. La magicienne fera les cadeaux du cas.;letterpress newsprint of title page and back page printed on verso.;grossi.;title from item.;illus. From: le perroquet, journal politique charivarique illustré colorié, 7me année dimanche 8 juin 1879, n. 23; supplemento al papagallo, n. 23, anno vii.;signed on stone at center, on the table.;stamped on verso: venie abonnement / j. Baudet / libraire edr. Commissionnaire / 27 rue st. Placide, paris.;forms part of: popular graphic art print filing series (library of congress). Date: 1879.
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