Photographic postcard of the French Judge Paul Magnaud posed in legal attire, with medals on his chest.
Alternative Title:
Président Magnaud, Photographic postcard of Judge Paul Magnaud, and Legally themed postcard picturing Judge Paul Magnaud
Description:
Date from postmark., Postcard addressed to "Mademoiselle Marthe Petit."--Verso postcard., In French., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281726, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.10 tall., Online resource; description based on print version record. , Includes manuscript notation., and Paul Magnaud (born May 20, 1848 and died July 27, 1926) was a French magistrate and politician. He entered the judiciary in 1880 and became a judge in 1910 and then an adviser to the Paris Court of Appeal. He earned the nickname "good judge" by releasing Louise Ménard, a young single mother, who had stolen bread from a baker because she had not eaten for days. Judge Magnaud reimbursed the baker for the cost of the stolen bread.
Series of 10 numbered postcards, with narrative captions, poking fun at contemporary legal practice
Alternative Title:
Postcards depicting a pierrot, poking fun at contemporary legal practice and Legally themed postcards a pierrot, poking fun at contemporary legal practice
Description:
Date from postmark., Some cards include manuscript notations., Card number 6 mentions Berenger, a reference to René Bérenger, a French lawyer and politician who campaigned for public decency and virtue., Card number 8 mentions Magnaud, a reference to Paul Magnaud, a French judge., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281725, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.9 tall., In French., Online resource; description based on print version record. , and Accompanied by translation.
Publisher:
Édition Phototypie A. Bergeret et Cie
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Ecole de Nancy (Group of artists), Bérenger, René, 1830-1915., and Magnaud, Paul, 1848-1926.
Subject (Topic):
Law, Lawyers, Conduct of court proceedings, and Mimes
