Twelve Satirical Vignettes (Le Charivari, December 10, 1832)

Twelve Satirical Vignettes (Le Charivari, December 10, 1832)

Charles-Joseph Traviès

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

1832–1833. 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.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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