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Title
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Le Petit Français illustré, No. 136: Journal des Écoliers et des Écolières
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LPF 136
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Description
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Language note: French
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Contributor
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Colomb, Christophe Marie-Louis-Georges
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Date
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2025-05-20T17:10:01Z
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2023-06
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1902
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Date Available
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2025-05-20T17:10:01Z
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Date Issued
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1902
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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13388 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Librairie Armand Colin
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Paris
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Subject
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Jean de La Fontaine