- Tiens!.... vous avez aussi un serpent-boa dans votre jardin...... - Parbleu! c'est indispensable... c'est pour que mes nouvelles plantes du Brésil se croyent toujours dans leur pays!...
- Tiens!.... vous avez aussi un serpent-boa dans votre jardin...... - Parbleu! c'est indispensable... c'est pour que mes nouvelles plantes du Brésil se croyent toujours dans leur pays!...
Title (alt.):
- Hey!.... you also have a boa constrictor in your garden...... - Of course! It's indispensable... it's so that my new Brazilian plants think they are still in their own country!...
Description:
A visitor exclaims that his friend has a boa constrictor in his garden. The friend replies that it is indispensable so that his Brazilian plants think they are in their own country. LA SOCIÉTÉ D'ACCLIMATATION (The acclimatization society) is a series consisting of 10 prints, which appeared in the Charivari between August and October 1858.This print also appeared as an album containing prints sur blanc in-4° demi chagr. LA SOCIÉTÉ D'ACCLIMATATION was founded in 1854 by GEOFFROY-SAINT-HILAIRE. The aim of this evolutionary group was to establish botanical gardens as well as greenhouses within the city boundaries. During this period it became fashionable for the Parisian bourgeoisie to add a small conservatory to their house and to grow exotic plants.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
1st state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
