OUVERTURE DE LA CHASSE. LA POSE DANS LA GARE DU CHEMIN DE FER. Parisien bien résolu à détruire cette année tous les lièvres qui infestent la plaine St. Denis...., avec l'aide des nouvelles balles foudroyantes de Devismes.

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Title:
OUVERTURE DE LA CHASSE. LA POSE DANS LA GARE DU CHEMIN DE FER. Parisien bien résolu à détruire cette année tous les lièvres qui infestent la plaine St. Denis...., avec l'aide des nouvelles balles foudroyantes de Devismes.
Title (alt.):
OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON. ATTITUDE IN THE TRAIN STATION. A Parisian hunter determined to eradicate all of the hares infesting the plains of St. Denis this year...., with the help of the new explosive device by Devisme.. Charivari
Description:
A hunter stands proud and determined when the opening of the hunt is announced; he wants to kill all of the hares that infest the plains of St. Denis. DEVISME, Louis François (1806-1873) Producer of weapons. In 1830 hunting legally ceased to be the prerogative of the aristocratic classes. Parisian bourgeoisie immediately took to the new fancy and engaged in hunting around the forests and countryside of Paris. A new “fashion” was born and members of the Parisian middle class developed a hitherto unknown snobbism and passion for this sport. Deyeux even wrote a poem called “La Chassomanie”. By 1860, some 155’000 hunting licenses had been issued, while one estimated that some 450’000 poachers were actively involved in hunting and fishing. While in the beginning of 1836 some 6’000 hunters were caught hunting without a license, this number increased substantially to 21’000 hunters fined for poaching in 1860.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1858
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Hunters
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25.5 x 36.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3502
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, August 26, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3075