Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
JOURNAL POUR RIRE |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Object ID |
2010.040.013 |
Description |
JOURNAL POUR RIRE N° 67, 12 May 1849, Journal D'Images, Comique, Critique, Satierique, Et Moquer Numéro 67, 12 Mai 1849 Charles Philipon, editor; "Croquis de Circonstance," issue title; [Sketch of Events / Situations / Circumstances]; "Une Orientale" / "Le Socialisme-Morbus" = titles under side-by-side caricatures by Bertall, pseudonym of Charles Albert d'Arnoux (1820-1882) Lithography by Dumont et Riault; Paris, France The front page of satirical newspaper, Journal Pour Rire, is dominated by two caricatures by Bertall with the headline "Croquis de Circonstance" or "Sketch of Events" above the two images; texts at page bottom give context to the imagery. Left image and title: Une Orientale Description: A sultan (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the Second Republic) reclines with closed eyes on a chair labeled "Presidence." His slaves / attendants wave large feather fans above his head. One attendant, named Invilidé Faucher, can be identified as Léon Faucher, Minister of the Interior and the other, named Fatmé Barrot can be identified as Prime Minister Odilon Barrot. Their fans serve to chase away a drove of flying insectish things. The text says: "Les sultanes favorites Invilidé Faucher et Fatmé Barrot chassant les cousins qui voudraient troubler le sommeil de grand sultan; la belle Circassienne Nourmaha Larousse, dite Rébillet, leur prête son vertueux appui." "Rébillot" = Colonel Rébillot, Prefect of Police for the Republic Right image and title: Le Socialisme-Morbus [morbus = malady] Text states that Le socialisme-morbus is a terrible and disagreeable malady enraging people in certain quarters of the capital…Tongue in cheek symptoms of this malady include Violentes démangeaisons = violent itches; and treatments include mockery and sarcasm as a remedy for this malady. Description: A man in a nightshirt (?) is held at his legs by two men in suits. Another man uses a pole to ram a newspaper down his throat. The headline for the newspaper is "La Patrie contra Poison" [Fatherland countered Poison] and with it a small paper that says, "Liste Electorale." The man at left holding one leg resembles Alexander Auguste Ledru-Rollin, leader of the democratic-socialist party, La Montagne; the man at right holding another leg resembles Guizot, very like the Daumier drawing of Guizot. Clutched in Ledru-Rollin's hand is paper that reads: "Assemblée Nationalle." Under Guizot's hand is a paper that reads: "Le Constitutionnel." On the floor in front of the legs of the held-down man is a bucket labeled: "Brochures de la Rue de Poitiers" Rue de Poitiers is the political club that Faucher and Barrot (seen in the other cartoon) belonged to, so-named because they met at the Rue de Poitiers. |
Artist |
Bertall (Charles Albert d'Arnoux) |
Artist 2 |
Dumont et Riault |
Date |
May 12, 1849 |
Dimensions |
H-16 W-16.75 inches |
Medium |
Lithograph |
Collection |
William Helfand Collection |
Search Terms |
Napoleon Politics Lithographs French Helfand, William |
Provenance |
Gift of William Helfand, 2010 |