Le Petit Français illustré, No. 136: Journal des Écoliers et des Écolières · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: en_US Le Petit Français illustré, No. 136: Journal des Écoliers et des Écolières; en_US LPF 136
Description: en_US Language note: French
Contributor: en_US Colomb, Christophe Marie-Louis-Georges
Date: 2025-05-20T17:10:01Z; 2023-06; en_US 1902
Date Available: 2025-05-20T17:10:01Z
Date Issued: en_US 1902
Abstract: en_US This issue's illustration is SS. In La Fontaine's version, a mule-driver rides the rear mule carrying sponges. The lead mule happens to stumble into the water and soon has dissolved his load of salt. The second mule then follows the leader's example, only to occasion the result that all three -- mule, sponge, and driver -- are filling up with water. Christophe's contemporary example is a pair of anthropomorphic backpack load carriers. The leader steps along rather briskly with a light load. The second sweats, wipes his brow, and uses his walking stick to struggle along with his large load of sponges. In this case I also took a look at Christophe's commentary on the fable, found on the following page of the magazine. After laboring through it like a mule, I would say that Christophe is a better visual artist than essay-writer. This issue is dated July 5, 1902.
Identifier: en_US 13388 (Access ID)
uri: https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157756
Language: en_US fre
Publisher: en_US Librairie Armand Colin; en_US Paris
Subject: Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value