Un des inconvénients des sous-sols. Allons bon!... en voilà encore qui ont poussé cette nuit!...
Title (alt.):
One of the disadvantages of living in a basement. Look!... here are some more that grew last night!.... Charivari
Description:
A couple sleeping in a basement apartment are finding that mushrooms of been growing during the night. Due to the reconstruction of Paris in 1853 only the affluent citizen were able to afford to live in the upper floors of the buildings, while the less fortunate had to either live in the basement or the attic. The anonymous dwellings in the basement apartments led to the isolation of the poorer members of society.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, November 26, 1856.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.