Une LÉGÈRE PROMENADE EN OMNIBUS. - Vous allez bien à l'Exposition?..... - Oui monsieur.... voyez plutôt notre affiche.... au faubourg St. Jacques vous prendrez une correspondance qui vous menera au Jardin des Plantes..... de là vous irez à Belleville d'où l'on vous conduira directement aux Champs-Élysées!....
Une LÉGÈRE PROMENADE EN OMNIBUS. - Vous allez bien à l'Exposition?..... - Oui monsieur.... voyez plutôt notre affiche.... au faubourg St. Jacques vous prendrez une correspondance qui vous menera au Jardin des Plantes..... de là vous irez à Belleville d'où l'on vous conduira directement aux Champs-Élysées!....
Title (alt.):
A STROLL ON THE BUS. - Are you really going to the exhibition? - Yes Sir, you can see yourself, the poster says, "to the suburb of St. Jacques".... there you take a connection which will take you to the Botanical Gardens.... from there you will go to Belleville, where you will be taken directly to the Champs Elysées.. Charivari
Description:
This series depicts the influx of tourists from abroad and the French provinces who came to Paris to visit the Exposition of 1844. It shows how the merchants of Paris very often took advantage of the helplessness and inexperience of these travelers on their first trip to the capital.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, July 7, 1844.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
