OBI Scrapbook Blog

Feb 05

Carnaval 1892.

Jules Chéret, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

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La Loïe Fuller.

Jules Chéret, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

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Lait pur stérilisé (Pure, sterilized milk)

Steinlen, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

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L’enlèvement de la Toledad (The abduction of the Toledad)

Pal (Jean de Paléologue), from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

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Feb 03

Banjonalities

George Du Maurier, from English society, New York, 1897.

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- Tell me, Mrs. Jones, who is that young Adonis your married daughter is looking up to so eagerly?
- Her husband, Mrs. Snarley.
- Dear me, you don’t say so! I congratulate you… Now I understand how you come to have such good-looking grand-children.

George Du Maurier, from English society, New York, 1897.

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- Brown (who was all but run over): Why didn’t you call out sooner, you stupid ass?
- Cabby: I did, Sir!
- Brown: Why didn’t you call louder, then?
- Cabby: I did, Sir!

George Du Maurier, from English society, New York, 1897.

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The gondolette.

George Du Maurier, from English society, New York, 1897.

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