1886 French cartoon. (1 Viewer)

[Scott]

These two cartoons might make a good diorama subject or a tribute to career military person.

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[Grognard]

Funny! "La Force de l'habitude" means something like "To be so used to do something".
Caran d'Ache was one the most famous French caricaturists of the 19th century. Caran d'Ache means literrally Pencil in Russian (I remember this from my 5 years of Russian). Interestingly enough Emmanuel Poiré a.k.a. Caran d'Ache was born in Moscow hence the nickname. More interesting is that his grand-father was a French officer who fought at Borodino and stayed in Russia after being wounded.
More on E.P. at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caran_d'Ache

 

[Scott]

Thanks! I see he was the one that did the Dreyfus cartoon with the fight at the dinner table. I've borrowed that one for debates about the Civil War. I've recently found links to reading (looking at the pictures) French humor magazines on line. La Caricature is one of them.

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32737409c/date.r=La Caricature .langfr