Image depicts Thérèse Humbert in a cell with reference to the effects of prison meals of beans
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Postcard depicting Thérèse Humbert passing gas in her prison cell as a consequence of the bean meals and Legally themed postcard depicting Thérèse Humbert passing gas in her prison cell as a consequence of the bean meals
Description:
Lower left corner: RP.
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Swindlers and swindling, Humor, Parodies, imitations, etc, and Caricatures and cartoons
One of many satires on the morganatic marriage of George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert. on the left Mrs. Fitzherbert as Dido sits on a funeral pyre made up of phallic-shaped logs and watches the Prince of Wales sail away in a small boat whose flag is inscri...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Virgil., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
One of many satires on the morganatic marriage of George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert. on the left Mrs. Fitzherbert as Dido sits on a funeral pyre made up of phallic-shaped logs and watches the Prince of Wales sail away in a small boat whose flag is inscri...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Virgil., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"A bedroom scene. Lady Hamilton, grotesquely fat, but with traces of beauty in her features, rises from a curtained bed, arms and one leg extended in a burlesqued gesture of despair. She wears a nightgown and lace-trimmed cap. Behind her in the shadow...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 6th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James Street, London
"A bedroom scene. Lady Hamilton, grotesquely fat, but with traces of beauty in her features, rises from a curtained bed, arms and one leg extended in a burlesqued gesture of despair. She wears a nightgown and lace-trimmed cap. Behind her in the shadow...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 6th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James Street, London
Image depicts the French bar divided between Jobarderie and Complicité, the latter supporting Thérèse Humbert
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Postcard depicts the French bar divided between Jobarderie and Complicité, with the latter supporting Thérèse Humbert and Legally themed postcard depicts the French bar divided between Jobarderie and Complicité, with the latter supporting Thérèse Humbert
Description:
Lower left corner of illustration: W.B.
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Swindlers and swindling, Humor, Parodies, imitations, etc, Caricatures and cartoons, and Lawyers
Poscards employ poetic satire to lampoon 'L'Affaire Humbert,' using text that vividly captures the prevailing sentiments of the era and delivers a cutting, satirical critique of diverse societal groups
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Postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert affair and Legally themed ostcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert affair
Description:
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1463580
Publisher:
Publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Crime, Humor., Parodies, imitations, etc, Caricatures and cartoons, Humor, and Swindlers and swindling
"L'héritage Crac-Fort," a series of 10 postcards illustrating and parodying the story of Thérèse Humbert: "L'affaire Humbert," the notorious swindler of French celebrities. The title of the series is a pun on the family name of Thérèse Humbert's suppo...
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Postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert story and Legally themed postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert story
Description:
Dates from postmarks and manuscript notes.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Crime, Humor., Parodies, imitations, etc, Caricatures and cartoons, Humor, Swindlers and swindling, and Impostors and imposture
Image depicts a poster with six images that recount the Humbert affair
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Héritage Humbert-Crawford : messieurs, dames, voyez le premier tableau, Postcard depicts a poster with six images recounting the Humbert affair, and Legally themed postcard depicts a poster with six images recounting the Humbert affair
Description:
Lower left corner of illustration: Saint Roch; in lower right corner logo: JP or PJ; in right margin: AB...Paris.
Publisher:
AB
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic):
Swindlers and swindling, Humor, Parodies, imitations, etc, and Caricatures and cartoons
