Our Country Folk - Lot 242

Our Country Folk Y. COINDRÉ. — OUR COUNTRY FOLK. They’re coming, they’re coming!! Paris, [Lith. Laillot?], circa 1871. Colored caricature, numbered 17, depicting the arrival in Paris of a procession of grotesque provincial characters, with luggage and umbrellas, in front of a train car. A satire of the conservative and rural deputies elected to the National Assembly of 1871, whose monarchist majority was quickly dubbed the “Rural Assembly.” Colored lithograph. Some foxing and soiling, minor damage to the margins.

Estimate:£67.58

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