- Eh! bien, monsieur Mitouflet..., ne trouvez-vous pas que la grippe m'a un peu changé?......
Title (alt.):
Well, Monsieur Mitouflet..., don't you find that the flu has changed me a little?....... Charivari
Description:
A gaunt-looking man asks his friend if he agrees that the flu has changed his appearance. France and large parts of Europe were hit several times by heavy influenza epidemics in 1837, 1842, 1847 and 1858. After these, a typhoid epidemic followed.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 25, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.