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Four Sketches of Soldiers, Peasants, etc.
Four Sketches of Soldiers, Peasants, etc.
Four Sketches of Soldiers, Peasants, etc.

Four Sketches of Soldiers, Peasants, etc.

Maker (French, 1800-1866)
Date1829
MediumLithograph on brown wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 3/16 x 14 11/16 in. (25.9 x 37.3 cm)
Credit LineUniversity Transfer from Max Epstein Archive
Object number1967.116.420
Status
Not on view
Description

Sketches by the Parisian lithographer Hippolyte Bellangé take part in the Romantic tradition of vignettes: individual, loosely related images with round, fuzzy borders. They were made just before the start of the July Monarchy, a period when the motto of the French citizen-king, Louis-Philippe, was "Enrichissez-vous," or "Get rich." The stereotypical depictions include several scenes of begging which present an urban view of ragged and hungry people: humorous and nonchalant, rather than compassionate or socially concerned.

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