Petit Journal pour rire, Volume 1, numbers 1–52

1856

Not on view

Numbers 1–52, published in 1856, including wood engravings and lithographs by Nadar, Gustave Doré, Gilbert Randon, Stop, Bertall, and others.

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Title: Petit Journal pour rire, Volume 1, numbers 1–52
Artist: Charles-Albert Arnoux Bertall (French, Paris 1820–1882 Paris)
Artist: Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
Artist: Nadar (French, Paris 1820–1910 Paris)
Artist: Gilbert Randon (French, Lyon 1811–1884 Paris)
Artist: Stop (pseudonym for Louis Pierre Gabriel Morel-Retz) (French, Dijon 1825–1899 Dijon)
Founder: Journal founded and directed by Charles Philipon (French, Lyons 1800–1862 Paris)
Editor: Nadar (French, Paris 1820–1910 Paris)
Publisher: Bureaux du Journal Amusant , Paris
Date: 1856
Medium: Wood engravings and lithographs
Dimensions: 11 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 1 in. (30.2 × 21.6 × 2.5 cm)
Classifications: Books, Periodicals
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
Object Number: 57.644.2(1)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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