A little girl seated in a baby carriage urges her mother to pull faster in order to overtake her father who is seated in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Régnier Bettannier et Morlon after N. Bassaget, 1864.

  • Bassaget, Numa (Pierre Numa), 1802?-1872.
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[1864]
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572264i
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The father is holding the Moniteur, a newspaper, possibly represening the Moniteur universel, the government newspaper. "Train de plaisir": an excursion train, laid on for a spectacle or a pleasure resort, and a favourite subject for caricatures by Daumier, but here applied metaphorically

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Paris (boul.t Sébastopol 46) : Eugène Jouy édit, [1864] ([Paris] : Lemercier)

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1 print : lithograph ; image 40.2 x 30.9 cm

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Train de plaisir, plus vite ... ; lith. par Régnier Bettannier et Morlon d'après Bassaget Lemercier.

References note

Bibliographie de la France, 20 février 1864, no. 400 "Train de plaisir, plus vite. ... d'après Bassaget, par Régnier, Bettannier et Morlon. Paris, impr. lith. Lemercier; Jouy."-Image of France database no. 78764

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Wellcome Collection 572264i

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