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print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical

Object Type: print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical
Museum number: 2005,0730.19
Title: Object: Appel aux souscripteurs
Description: "Le Charivari",15 January 1834; title page with wood-engraved headpiece of a row of heads, title and two columns of letterpress; pages 2 and 4 with two columns of letterpress; page 3 with a satirical lithograph showing a jester with bells on his clothes walking past the shop of the print-publisher Aubert (above which was the office of the journal) which is full of prints including Philipon's famous caricature of Louis-Philippe as a pear; he plays with a quill pen and pencil on a drum labelled "Charivari", attracting a crowd of subscribers in the form of stacks of coins. (Paris: 1834) Lithograph, woodcut and letterpress
Producer name: Printed by: Becquet (lithograph); Published by: Aubert (lithograph); Printed by: Auguste Auffray (journal)
School/style
Production date: 1834
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: lithograph; wood-engraving
Dimensions: Height: 237 millimetres (print/page); Width: 293 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Aubert (shop window); Associated with: Charles Philipon; Associated with: Louis Philippe, King of the French
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Paris
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2005
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2005,0730.19
Conservation