A little girl seated in a baby carriage urges her mother to pull faster in order to overtake her father who is seated in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Régnier Bettannier et Morlon after N. Bassaget, 1864.

  • Bassaget, Numa (Pierre Numa), 1802?-1872.
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[1864]
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572264i
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view A little girl seated in a baby carriage urges her mother to pull faster in order to overtake her father who is seated in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Régnier Bettannier et Morlon after N. Bassaget, 1864.

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A little girl seated in a baby carriage urges her mother to pull faster in order to overtake her father who is seated in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Régnier Bettannier et Morlon after N. Bassaget, 1864. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The father is holding the Moniteur, a newspaper, possibly represening the Moniteur universel, the government newspaper. "Train de plaisir": an excursion train, laid on for a spectacle or a pleasure resort, and a favourite subject for caricatures by Daumier, but here applied metaphorically

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Paris (boul.t Sébastopol 46) : Eugène Jouy édit, [1864] ([Paris] : Lemercier)

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1 print : lithograph ; image 40.2 x 30.9 cm

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Train de plaisir, plus vite ... ; lith. par Régnier Bettannier et Morlon d'après Bassaget

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Bibliographie de la France, 20 février 1864, no. 400 "Train de plaisir, plus vite. … d'après Bassaget, par Régnier, Bettannier et Morlon. Paris, impr. lith. Lemercier; Jouy."—Image of France database no. 78764

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Wellcome Collection 572264i

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