book of prints;
print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1949,0411.4995.1-60
- Description
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J.-L. Forain, "La Vie" (Paris, F. Juven) n.d. [c. 1893]; containing 62 half-tone or line block prints after Forain's caricature sketches of modern social life, accompanied by letterpress captions. Bound in green cloth with titlepages, half title, and original title covers with colour-printed image of a courting man and woman (front) and two fashionable women in a park (back).
Photomechanical prints, some printed in colour
- Production date
- 1893 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 320 millimetres
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Width: 252 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Printed by Vaugirard, G. de Malherbe & Cie, 152 rue de Vaugirard, Paris.
One of three books of satires by Forain in the bequest of Campbell Dodgson: "La Vie" (1949,0411.4995. 1 to 60); "Publications de la Vie Parisienne" (1949,0411.4996.1 to 50); and "Les Temps Difficiles (Panama)" (1949,0411.4997.1 to 62).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: La Vie
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1949,0411.4995.1-60
