La Grande Chaumière À Alger

Date: 1870s
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  • La Grande Chaumière À Alger
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  • The Big Thatched Cottage in Algeria
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  • 187X
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  • This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. No. 22. Within illus.: Le postillon de Lonjumeau (The Coachman of Lonjumeau). Big Cottage. Chez Hautecouer Martinet, rue du Coq S. Honoré, 15. Lith. de Lemercier Paris. Caption: "Allons Bellesoupe, en avant, l'cavalier seul! Arrondissons les bras, Ballançons les ranches, lâchons même un ptit cancan honnête et prouvons à ces aimables Dames que c'n'est pas pour des paines que j'faisons partie de l'infanterie légère!!!" Caption (English translation): "Come on old fellow, to the front, The Lone Cavalier! Let's join arms, set to partners, even let go with a decent little cancan, and prove to these amiable ladies that it’s not for nothing that we’re part of the light infantry!!!"
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  • Hand-colored lithograph
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  • 1968-001a, Drawer M.9, Item 469
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