A soldier has dropped his rifle and is falling as a wardrobe and other items fall down around his head. Lithograph by Langlumé after C. Philipon.

  • Philipon, Charles, 1800-1862.
Date:
[between 1829 and 1841]
Reference:
31707i
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Description

The soldier appears to be having household articles thrown at him, undercutting ironically the "pleasure of being a soldier". Below the soldier, a line of musical notation of the song "Quel plaisir d'être soldat"

Publication/Creation

[Paris] (Passage Véro Dodat.) : Au magasin de caricatures d'Aubert, [between 1829 and 1841]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 30 x 20 cm

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Lettering

Ah! quel plaisir d'être soldat. Lith de Langlumé. Ph. inv.

Creator/production credits

"Ah! quel plaisir d’être soldat" is a song in the popular opéra-comique 'La dame blanche' (1825), with book by E. Scribe and music by A. Boieldieu

References note

Not found in: Image of France database (though may be in an issue of the periodical La caricature listed there as an entire issue)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31707i

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