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| Cartoon Drawings, ca. 1800 - 1950 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Quand je pense qu'il m'attend sur les remparts!: When I think that he expects me on the ramparts!, [ca. 1840] (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on gray laid paper: brown ink ; 24.5 x 21 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows a young woman walking arm in arm with an elderly man. Full length caricature of a drunk man signed with the monogram CJT on verso, inscribed: Buvons une verre du vin, c'est bien...mais ne sortons jamais de la decence. (Drink a glass of wine, it's good...but you never have the decency.) Exhibited in the Oval Gallery, Library of Congress, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Croquis de Sardou: Sketch of Sardou, [between 1860 and 1870] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 1 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on off-white laid paper mounted on board: pen and brown ink ; 23 x 16.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Full-length caricature of a man, perhaps Victorien Sardou, in military costume. Bust sketch at right. Inscribed Ce croquis a ètè fait pour Mr. Sardou pendant une discussion qu'il avait avec Me. Dejazet. Ce croquis ma ete donné par Mr. Léon beauperè de M. Sardou: This sketch was made for Mr. Sardou during a discussion that he had with Mrs. Dejazet and was given to him by Mr. Leon, father-in-law of Mr. Sardou. Victorien Sardou, was a popular French playwright whose first wife was Laurentine Leon, from 1858-1872, he then married Anne Soule in 1872. Virginie Dejazet was a famous actress at that time. | |||||||||||||
| Instructions au préfets - La survelliance! Messieurs, souvenez-vous que la République attend de vous...les mêmes services que tous les autres gouvernements!: Instructions of the chiefs of surveillance! Gentlemen, remember that the Republic expects of you...the same services as of the other governments!, [ca. 1900] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 2 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on bristol board: ink and blue pencil ; 20 x 21.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows a group of men, wearing uniforms and swords standing at attention, listening to a man who faces them with one arm raised. Flies hover over their heads. Title inscribed in ink below image. | |||||||||||||
| M. Millon Solier rue des petite augustin no. 1, [ca. 1810] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 3 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on off-white laid paper mounted on board: graphite ; 16 x 9 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Bust-length caricature of a person with a long neck facing right. Pencil inscriptions on verso. | |||||||||||||
| Madier de Monjeune, [between 1870 and 1880] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 4 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on laid paper: watercolor and pencil ; 26.5 x 19.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Three-quarter length caricature of an orchestra conductor, seen from behind, sitting in a chair with his baton raised over one shoulder. | |||||||||||||
| Peace officers; Faith, Hope and Charity, [between 1800 and 1850] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 5 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Two cartoon drawings, one of two men, possibly military officers or police, and the other of three men walking in a row, decreasing in size. | |||||||||||||
| [Standing man at pump or fountain], [between 1880 and 1900] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 6 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on off-white laid paper: ink and blue pencil ; 10.5 x 8 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: A full-length drawing of a man bending over to pump water at an outdoor fountain. Title devised. | |||||||||||||
| A. C. Voillemot penitre mythologique par M[ademois]elle Y. R. Professeur de cha[m?]. Il est blond!, 1857 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 7 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on off-white tracing paper: graphite and pastel (or yellow crayon) ; 21.5 x 16.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Bust-length caricature profile of a slightly balding man, with a large amount of hair at the back of his head, facing right. Andre Charles Viollemot (1823-1893), was a genre and portrait painter who lived in Paris. Title inscribed in ink below image. | |||||||||||||
| A belle de retour au chateau de la bete, la cherche partout et finit par la trouver sur le point de mourir de chagrin, au pied d'un arbre de jardin: The beauty returns to the castle of the beast, she looks for him everywhere and finds him about to die of sorrow beneath a tree in the garden, [ca. 1870] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 8 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on wove paper: ink and watercolor ; 27 x 18.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Illustration shows a woman, dressed in a costume, standing in a garden of a turreted building, looking down at the beast. He sits leaning against a tree, his head that of an animal, with his tongue hanging from his mouth. He wears long pantaloons. Signed: with artist's monogram lower left of image. Illustration for the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast." | |||||||||||||
| The false emperor of the beggars looks for a loan from Vienna, [ca. 1913] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 9 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on wove paper: ink ; 20.1 x 30.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Greek cartoon showing the ruler of Bulgaria, Ferdinand, begging with upturned crown in his hand from Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph who is seated before him. Ferdinand leans against a crutch, wearing tattered clothing. Title inscribed in pencil in Greek lower left. An anti-Bulgarian satire, reflecting Greek sentiment against the self-proclaimed "Tsar" of Bulgaris, Ferdinand, who was also the instigator of the Second Balkan War. | |||||||||||||
| Ho! Ho!, [between 1850 and 1900] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 10 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on buff tracing paper mounted on wove paper: pencil and wash ; 24.5 x 23 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows a large man with long hair standing above a street waving his hat. He wears wooden shoes and a uniform similar to that of a soldier, although tattered. Trains, identified as "trains de plaisir" (pleasure trains) and partially visible. Inscribed on a building to the right of the figure is "Paqufro transatlan[tique]." | |||||||||||||
| Job, 1922 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 11 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on cream wove paper mounted on bristol board: ink wash and Chinese white ; 36 x 26.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon showing a man sitting against a wall on a pile of 1000 mark notes. He wears a sign "de l'or s.v.p.!," indicating that he wants gold and not spice. He holds his hat up, begging. Travel posters in the background indicated the high price of emigration. The inscriptions below the image indicate that this is his new job. Signed monogram lower left: Nob or Hob. Germany went through a period of high inflation following World War I. Published July 30, 1922, perhaps in Aux ecoutes. | |||||||||||||
| Largo al'factorum della musica! Largo, [ca. 1865] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 12 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on laid paper: brown ink and wash ; 31 x 21 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Full-length caricature of a music conductor or singer standing with his arms open. Caption from The Barber of Seville, translated "Make way for the Jack of all trades of music, make way." Title inscribed below image. | |||||||||||||
| Port d'arme autorisé, 1922 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 13 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on cream wove paper mounted on bristol board: ink, blue pencil and Chinese white ; 35 x 24 cm (mount) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon of a man and a woman walking down a road at night. The man carries a newspaper labelled "Washington." A marker identified the location as 10 kilometers from Mayence, which is near the Rhine on the French and German border. The man tells the woman that he is not afraid because he always carries his revolver. Signed monogram: Nob or Hob. Published in Aux Ecoutes, no. 202, April 2, 1922. | |||||||||||||
| Le Tempete: The storm, [ca. 1922] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 13 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on cream wove paper mounted on bristol board: ink, blue pencil and Chinese white ; 35 x 24 cm (mount) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon showing the Prime Minister of England, David Lloyd George standing at the prow of a boat named "Old England," holding an oar. Three men approach him menacingly, holding their oars as weapons, representing India, Ireland and Egypt. A fourth oar, that of South Africa, is visible. Signed monogram: Nob or Hob. David Lloyd George was Prime Minister of England from 1916-1922. | |||||||||||||
| [Two standing military officers], [ca. 1830] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 14 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on off-white wove paper: brown ink ; 8 x 9.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows two military officers in uniform standing. One points with his left arm toward an unseen object. The other bends his back with his arms slightly out, as if surprised. Title devised. Possibly by Charles Joseph Travies de Villers. | |||||||||||||
| [Half-length portrait of a standing man, holding hat, facing left], [ca. 1850] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 15 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on off-white laid paper: brown/black ink ; 11.5 x 10 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows a man standing, with one arm leaning against the back of a chair. He holds his hat against his face as he stares forward. Paper possibly trimmed on 3 sides. Possibly drawn by Charles Joseph Travies de Villers. Title devised. | |||||||||||||
| Les amoureux, [between 1870 and 1915] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 16 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Four vignettes about live. In the first vignette, a man sits on his knees before his lover, threatening to blow his brains out. In the second vignette, a man stands before his lover, offering her his wig to answer her request for a lock of his hair. In the third vignette, a man stand before his lover holding her dead spaniel by its neck. The woman raises her arms at the sight. In the final vignette, a man stands at a door holding a key, promising to return in eight days. | |||||||||||||
| Le Tragedien de Max, [ca. 1901] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 17 (B) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on pressed paper: ink over pencil ; 50 x 35 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Caricature of Edouard Alexandre Max (known as De Max) dressed in a Roman costume standing in profile facing left. Signed: R.P. Max (1869-1924) was a distinguished Rumanian-born actor and a member of the Comedie Francaise. He was also a friend and leading man to Sarah Bernhardt. | |||||||||||||
| [Fraternization], [between 1905 and 1906] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Unattributed | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Unattributed, no. 18 (B) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on dark gray wove drawing paper: ink, watercolor and gouache over pencil with cut paper ; 27 x 40 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows a "reconciliation" between two double-amputee veterans of the Russo-Japanese War. The Russian sits on the ground, with two wooden legs, shaking the hand of the Japanese soldier who stands on two wooden legs, leaning against a crutch. Signed: Lahn[?] Inscribed on a separate piece of paper: Et a present qui vous pouvons plus nous battre, Aimissons peu ou nous aurions du commencier--allions nous! | |||||||||||||
| La triunfadoro: The victor, [ca. 1840-1850] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Henri Vera | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Vera, no . 1 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on wove paper mounted on cardboard: pencil and watercolor ; 31.5 x 39.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon showing a family scene in which three women stand in a bare rom, one suckling her baby, a child holding a hoop leans close to them as an elderly man enters the room, singing. A woman comes down a staircase, with her mouth open, pulling her hair and screaming. Inscribed in pencil lower right: te querido amigo Antonio Casero, Henri Vera. | |||||||||||||
| [Portrait of a man], [ca. 1830] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: P. Veuillot | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Veuillot, no. 1 (AA) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on off-white wove paper: watercolor over pencil ; 18.5 x 11 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Three-quarter length caricature portrait of a man, facing front. Attribution provided by Alfred Bender. | |||||||||||||
| Les Petites Vestales, [ca. 1900] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Jean Villemot (1880-1958) | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Viellemot, no. 1 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on wove paper: ink and watercolor ; 22 x 23.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Humorous theatrical drawing shows a woman conducting opera singers wearing costumes on a stage. They are identified, by the inscription below the image as Penelope M[adam]e Dufay, Nino Piccaluga as Scopas, Cyprio played by Mademoiselle G. Riva, O'nt nous played by Poggi, Patakles played by Gugon, Pyrogena played by McJanney and Diogene. Inscribed below image: Renaissance--Les petites vestales, opera bouffe en 3 actes de MM Depre et Bernede. Inscribed below title: En l'an 400 avant Jesus Christ fabrication de la Venus de Milo, so auteur fait un mariage d'amour et le riche Ganopier Patakles est cocu est content.-" Cenphu trechouet"...ajoutent, en grec les etriomiqueures de l'epoque. Les petites vestales was written in 1900 by Frederic Le Rey and Justin Clerice. | |||||||||||||
| Vous ètes libre cocher? Le cocher goguenard--...V'la vingt-deux ans que je suis avec un blanchisseuse de la rue des Martyrs: Are you free driver? The driver, mockingly---...It's been twenty-two years since I have been with a laundress from the street of Martyrs, 1900 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Jean Villemot (1880-1958) | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Viellemot, no. 2 (A) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on heavy drawing paper: ink, crayon and blue wash ; 32.5 x 25 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows a woman standing on the street, hailing a hackney coachman. The heavyset driver sits in the coach leering at the woman. Signed: Jean Villemot 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Pedeur. V'la qu'on somme!...faut y m'r habiller? Pas la peine...couche toi simplement sur le ventre!: Modesty. There's somebody ringing!...should I get dressed? Don't bother...just lie down on your stomach!, [ca. 1900] | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Jean Villemot (1880-1958) | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Viellemot, no. 3 (B) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on wove paper: ink and blue wash over pencil ; 38.5 x 30.5 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: Cartoon shows an artist standing in an interior with a nude female model in the background. She reaches to cover herself with a cloth, when she hears someone at the door. Signed: Jean Villemot. | |||||||||||||
| The widow and orphan, 1909 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Art Young (1866-1943) | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: CD 1: Young (A.), no. 3 (C) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on wove paper: ink and wash ; 48.5x 68 cm (sheet) | |||||||||||||
| Note: A widow and an orphan are chased by stockbrokers who beg her to invest her insurance money. Signed: Arthur Young. Stamped on verso with Puck stamps: June 1909; March 1911. Publishedi n Pubk, July 7, 1909. | |||||||||||||
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