Paris Sens Dessus Dessous: Est-ce une révolution? non, c'est un seein envolé (Le Charivari, June 22, 1833)

Pierre-Numa Bassaget, called Numa French

June 22, 1833

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1833. One of five bound volumes of Le Charivari, from 1832 to 1835. A daily satirical periodal issued in Paris between 1832 and 1937, Le Charivari began publishing caricatures satirizing daily life after the 1835 ban on political satire. Artists including Honoré Daumier and Charles-Joseph Traviès contributed lithographs and wood engravings.

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Title: Paris Sens Dessus Dessous: Est-ce une révolution? non, c'est un seein envolé (Le Charivari, June 22, 1833)
Artist: Pierre-Numa Bassaget, called Numa (French, active 1830–54)
Publisher: Charles Philipon (French, Lyons 1800–1862 Paris)
Publisher: Aubert et Cie
Date: June 22, 1833
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 5/16 in. (23.8 × 31.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur Sachs, 1923
Object Number: 23.92.2(204)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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