Figures and vignettes: a man is asleep with a dog by his side, a child is being scolded by a woman, a soldier stands with a gun, etc.. Coloured lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. Adam, 1852.

  • Adam, Victor, 1801-1866.
Date:
[1852]
Reference:
32879i
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"La foire aux idées" was a phrase used in 1848-1849 to describe the abundance of utopian and revolutionary ideas proposed in printed media, theatre etc. during the political and social changes in France in those years. Here it seems to mean a collection of ideas for artistic compositions that Adam and his viewers couold reuse in other artistic works

Publication/Creation

Paris : J. Monrocq. éditeur, [1852] (Paris : Becquet frères)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour

Lettering

La foire aux idées, par V. Adam. Bears number: 23

References note

Not found in the Bibliographie de la France, but plates 6-12 in the same series were registered there on 3 April 1852 (no. 410), and plates 31-36 on 22 May 1852 (no. 677)

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Wellcome Collection 32879i

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