Le Courrier Français, founded and edited by Jules Roques, was a satirical French illustrated weekly with sections on literature, fine arts, theater, medicine and finance. It ran from 1884 to 1914. This sketch depicts a man and woman holding a card with Roque's name and "Directeur du Courrier Français" written on it. The woman has a military coat draped over her shoulders and the man holds a top hat in his left hand with ribbons flowing from it which are the colors of the French flag. The artist for the card is Adolphe Willette (1857-1926).
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Local Subjects
Satire
Periodicals
Satire, French
Advertising
Advertising cards
France--Paris
Eighteen hundreds (Century)
Nineteen hundreds (Century)
Note
Digitized by the Metropolitan New York Library Council as part of the Culture In Transit project, funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.