Le Petit Tambour ou Le Réveil Matin de la Garde Nationale

Hand-colored aquatint caricature (after Lanté?); four soldiers in city street, one a young drummer beats his drum, a pot-bellied butcher Mr. Cornu in the uniform of a pioneer stands on the left with a man and a women who places his bearskin on his head . On the right, a lady has her arms around the wig seller Mr. Bizet in the uniform of the National Guard; she holds a note which reads: 'Au Remplaçant'. A distant soldier marches. [See original watercolor of this item] Hand-colored aquatint caricature (after Lanté?); four soldiers in city street, one a young drummer beats his drum, a pot-bellied butcher Mr. Cornu in the uniform of a pioneer stands on the left with a man and a women who places his bearskin on his head . On the right, a lady has her arms around the wig seller Mr. Bizet in the uniform of the National Guard; she holds a note which reads: 'Au Remplaçant'. A distant soldier marches. [See original watercolor of this item] Oblong folio, matted; margins; soiled. London, Parker Gallery, 1958. Title: LE PETIT TAMBOUR Ou le Réveil matin de la Garde Nationale. Caption: Me. Cornu. Il la monte aujourd'hui, tu descendras ce soir. Mr. Cornu. Ma femme de la façon dont tu me coëffes je n'y vois goutte. Mr. Biset. Si je découche te voilà dans de beaux drapes. Mr. Biset. Console toi, mon ami, j'espere te faire remplacer. Sign: CORNU. Boucher. Sign: BIZET COEFFE Sign: ICI l'on Rajeunit Letter (Correspondence): Au Remplaçant Caption: à Paris, chez Basset rue S. Jacques No. 64. Caption: Déposé au Bureau des Estampes.