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Caricature vs. the Censor 1831 - 1878

   
 

Image courtesy of Haute Couture -- Paris

 
 

Dame Blanche

Auguste Bouquet
Lithograph
published in
La Caricature
February 23, 1832
Approx. 10"w x 14"h
 

 

Louis-Philippe, dressed as a stonemason plastering over the unfulfilled promises he made during the Revolution of 1830.

This caricature prompted La Caricature's first seizure by authorities.

Philipon went to trial where he made the famous sketches that transformed the king's face into a pear.