Le Corbeau ayant chanté toute l'été, - Le Papa - Le Corbeau..... le corbeau ayant chanté....... recommence moi ça tout de suite......
Title (alt.):
Charivari. The crow has sung for the whole summer, - The father - The crow..... the crow has sung....... he repeated immediately from the beginning......
Description:
A man is squeezing the shoulder of a boy, most likely his student. The little boy is reciting by heart the fable by La Fontaine: "Le corbeau et le renard" (The fox and the crow). He still seems to be far from perfection.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
Published in: Le Charivari, February 23, 1839.
2nd state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.