Les Vésuviennes, ou, Les soldats pour rire /
par E. de Beaumont.

Description

Main Author

Beaumont, Edouard de, 1821-1888

Related Names

Aubert (Firm)

Language(s)

French

Published

Paris : Chez Aubert & Cie., éditeurs du Journal pour rire, [1848?]

Subjects

France. > France. / Armée
France. > France. / Armée > France. / Armée / Caricatures and cartoons.
Women soldiers.
Women.
Soldiers.
Women > Women / France > Women / France / Caricatures and cartoons.
Soldiers > Soldiers / France > Soldiers / France / Caricatures and cartoons.
Women soldiers > Women soldiers / France > Women soldiers / France / Caricatures and cartoons.
French wit and humor, Pictorial.
France.
France > France / Social life and customs > France / Social life and customs / 19th century > France / Social life and customs / 19th century / Caricatures and cartoons.
Caricatures.
Hand coloring > Hand coloring / France > Hand coloring / France / 19th century.
Lithographs > Lithographs / France > Lithographs / France / 19th century.
Caricatures and cartoons.

Note

The plates are hand colored lithographs.
"The Vésuviennes were a radical feminist group that existed in France in the middle of the 19th century ... Considered the most radical of all of the feminist factions of the time, the Vésuviennes promoted female military service, the right of women to dresss the same as men, and legal and domestic equality between husband and wife ..."--Wikipedia, viewed January 16, 2020.
Caricatures of women as French soldiers on 20 leaves.
The assumed publication date is from an essay in: Die Karikatur zwischen Republik und Zensur. Marburg : Jonas, ©1991, pages 260-276.
Cover title.

Physical Description

1 unnumbered leaf, 20 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 35 cm

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