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Friday, February 3, 2012

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Three caricatures by the writer Prosper Mérimée (France, 1803-1870)

I came to the Walters Art Museum through the Scout Report through BibliOdyssey's tweet

"This caricature may allude to the 'Seven-League Boots,' which enable the wearer to take enormous strides as in 'Le Petit Pouchet (Hop o' My Thumb),' a fairy tale written by Charles Perrault (1628-1703)."


"A bizarre actor appears in a tutu, a female ballet costume."

"This caricature shows a fancifully attired soldier wearing a plumed bicorn hat."

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