Inconvénient de tirer les perdreaux avec les nouvelles balles foudroyantes de Devisme.
Title (alt.):
The disadvantage of shooting partridges with the new explosive bullets of Devisme.. Charivari
Description:
A couple witnesses a hunter killing a some partridges with the new Devisme bullets. Louis François Devisme (1806-1873) was a producer of weapons. He became famous in 1865 when he invented a carbine able to fire explosive bullets for big game hunting, not necessarily for hunting partridge. In 1830 hunting legally ceased to be the prerogative of the aristocratic classes. Parisian bourgeoisie immediately took to the new fancy and engaged in hunting around the forests and countryside of Paris. A new “fashion” was born and members of the Parisian middle class developed a hitherto unknown snobbism and passion for this sport. Deyeux even wrote a poem called “La Chassomanie”. By 1860, some 155’000 hunting licenses had been issued, while one estimated that some 450’000 poachers were actively involved in hunting and fishing. While in the beginning of 1836 some 6’000 hunters were caught hunting without a license, this number increased substantially to 21’000 hunters fined for poaching in 1860.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, September 14, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
