BADINGUET’S CAMPAIGN FLYER, No. 8 — HAUSSMANN - Lot 53

BADINGUET’S CAMPAIGN FLYER, No. 8 — HAUSSMANN BY DE LA TRAMBLAIS. Badinguet’s Campaign Flyer. No. 8. Haussmann (The Troublemaker). Paris, Grognet, printer and publisher, 16 rue des Écoles; distributed by Madre, rue du Croissant, [circa 1870–1871]. Colored satirical lithograph depicting Baron Haussmann, armed with an enormous trowel and a pickaxe, standing in front of a chest bearing the inscription “Caisse des travaux de Paris” (Paris Public Works Fund). A caricature satirizing the major Parisian public works projects and their cost during the Second Empire. Signed De la Tramblais. A few foxing spots and slight soiling; in good overall condition.

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