Un quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie.
Title (alt.):
A quarter of an hour after his death he was still living.. Charivari
Description:
This print is one of the very beautiful double pages from the Charivari. It is an allegorical composition relative to "letters of a dead man" and other works by Girardin, as well as works he published as co-author with the younger Dumas. Girardin, the former editor in chief of the newspaper “La Presse” is shown here on a stretcher carried by three women. On the ground we can see the anguish of a wife and two sisters. The funeral procession is followed by a Cossack holding a lance of honor and an old woman holding the sign: the press, one idea per day. There are also three cripples representing young and healthy ideas. From under the skirts of the press ducks (rumors) escape to fly into the air carrying signs with words such as: Bulletin, stock market, confidence, and new paragraphs. Emile de Girardin (1806-1881) was the natural son of the Duke Alexandre de Girardin, named Emile DELAMOTTE. From 1827 on, he called himself Girardin. He was a journalist, businessman, writer and poet (“Le Voleur“, “La Mode“, “La Presse“, “La Liberté“, “Le Moniteur Universel“, “Le Petit Journal“, “La France“). He was also a businessman, politician and Deputy from 1834-1848. He worked on several occasions with A. Dumas.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, February 20, 1866.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
