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La Revue Comique par Jehan Testevuide, no. 5-8

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La Revue Comique par Jehan Testevuide, no. 5-8

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Four satirical vignettes about life in France. In the first, a robber stands on the moonlit roof of a house holding a clock he has stolen. He hopes to land without being caught by the police. A husband and wife talk in the second vignette. She stands in front of a dress form, prepared to make dresses like those of another women whose style she admires. In the third vignette, a corpulent man has entered a tobacconist's shop which also sells military medals. A women, dressed as Marianne, the symbol of France, sells him important military medals. In the fourth vignette, a man and woman sit together in a cafe. The caption identifies him as a literary critic who attacks a well-known man every day. Such criticism has launched his career.
Inscribed below each vignette: Les Hommes del'air; Dernier écho, Un impôt sur les décorations; Les Jean-de-lettres.
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Signed, lower left, fourth vignette: Jehan Testevuide.
Stamped on verso: Artine Collection Artinian.
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Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.643)
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1900
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Testevuide, Jehan, 1873-1922, artist
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