JOSEPH AND JOSÉPHINE - Lot 143

JOSEPH AND JOSÉPHINE [ANONYMOUS]. Joseph and Joséphine. Paris, Imprimerie du Carrefour Drouot-Leclercq, 23 rue Taitbout; sales office, 10 rue du Croissant, [circa 1870–1871]. Large, hand-colored satirical lithograph, printed price “10 centimes,” depicting a sturdy woman in a red dress facing a thin man wearing a wide-brimmed hat; a third figure appears behind her. Caption: “Mercy!… Mercy!… Stop the machine!” Large, popular sheet of political caricature. Numerous folds, creases, and foxing; tears and small marginal losses; old repair with adhesive tape in the lower part.

Estimate:$44.78

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