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Caricatures and cartoons -- France -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

French caricatures of the English.

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113569176]
Identifier: 8555
Scope and content

Caricatures satirizing the English, mainly for lacking refined taste in clothing or food. All are by anonymous artists, except for two prints from the series Le Suprème Bon Ton by Adrien-Pierre-François Godefroy. Three prints were published anonymously. Named publishers, all in Paris: Gault de St. Germain, and Martinet.

Dates: 1795 - 1820; Undated

Political cartoons concerning France

 Collection
Identifier: 8552
Abstract

French Revolution period caricatures mainly concerning the three estates of France, the nationalization of church property, privileges of the clergy and nobility, despotism, the constitution of 1791, and the political process.

Dates: 1789 - 1830