Un EFFET DES DÉMOLITIONS DANS PARIS. - C'est pourtant bien ici que je demeure... et je ne retrouve pas même ma femme!
Title (alt.):
Charivari. RESULT OF THE BUILDING DEMOLITIONS IN PARIS. - This is where I used to live... and I can't even find my wife anymore!
Description:
Here we can see a Parisian returning from a trip abroad and facing the fact that his house has been torn down as part of Baron George Eugène Haussmann's (1809-1891) program and he has no indication where his wife may have ended up.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, December 10, 1852.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.