Un directeur de n'importe quel théatre. - Gredin de thermomètre.......... il montera donc toujours!.....
Title (alt.):
A Director of any theater. - Scoundrel of a thermometer.......... it's still rising!...... Charivari
Description:
A man representing any director of theater comments that the thermometer keeps rising. "La canicule" or "Dog-Days" were the extremely hot and humid summer days one still encounters nowadays between July 3 and August 11 in Paris.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, August 25, 1856.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.