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"Oh! Ces Auteurs!"

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Title

"Oh! Ces Auteurs!"

Description

1904 "Oh! Ces Auteurs!" Dessin de H. Gerbault. Front cover. Le Rire Nouvelle Serie No. 63, April 16, 1904. 9" x 12". €10 at Clignancourt, July, '19.

I have no idea how "tourte" (meat pie) figures here. I gather he is asking what her costume represents and she is answering first "a La Fontaine fable." Then to his silence she further responds "The Jay with Peacock Feathers." Is she calling him a "dummy"?

Source

€10 at Clignancourt, July, '19.

Date

Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“"Oh! Ces Auteurs!",” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed October 16, 2024, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1015.

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