Un GUERRIER ELECTRISÉ. - Le Physicien: Tel est, messieurs, l'effet véritablement extraordinaire de la pile de Volta! - Le Pioupiou: Ah, nom d'Abd-el-Kader! plus souvent que je m'exposerai une autrefois à recevoir une pareille pile!
Un GUERRIER ELECTRISÉ. - Le Physicien: Tel est, messieurs, l'effet véritablement extraordinaire de la pile de Volta! - Le Pioupiou: Ah, nom d'Abd-el-Kader! plus souvent que je m'exposerai une autrefois à recevoir une pareille pile!
Title (alt.):
AN ELECTRIFIED SOLDIER. - The physicist: This, gentlemen, is the truly amazing effect of the Volta battery! - The young soldier: Oh, in the name of Abd-el Kader! Never again shall I expose myself to such a battery/beating! {NOTE: "pile" means "battery" and "beating"). Charivari
Description:
Abd-el Kader was elected Commander of the Believers in 1832 and proclaimed the Holy War against France in 1839. He was defeated in the battle of Isly in 1844 and was interned in Toulon. Napoleon III freed him in 1853. The French were fascinated by foreign soldiers during this period.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, July 3, 1844.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
