Lire dans "Le Matin": Au Pied de l'Echafaud. Mémoires de l'Abbé Faure
Poster
Late 19th Century (made)
Late 19th Century (made)
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This poster advertises the publication of the memoirs of a priest, l'abbé Faure, which appeared in a serialised form in the French newspaper, Le Matin. Serialised fiction became very popular in the nineteenth century. The general public could more easily afford a newspaper than a book and consequently many well-known authors chose to publish their work in a serialised format to enable their literature to reach a wider audience.
Object details
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| Title | Lire dans "Le Matin": Au Pied de l'Echafaud. Mémoires de l'Abbé Faure (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster for 'Lire dans "Le Matin": Au Pied de l'Echafaud. Mémoires de l'Abbé Faure' by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. |
| Physical description | Against the silhouetted figures of a row of soldiers on horseback, a bound prisoner is led to the guillotine, accompanied by a man in a tophat and a priest holding a bible. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke |
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| Summary | This poster advertises the publication of the memoirs of a priest, l'abbé Faure, which appeared in a serialised form in the French newspaper, Le Matin. Serialised fiction became very popular in the nineteenth century. The general public could more easily afford a newspaper than a book and consequently many well-known authors chose to publish their work in a serialised format to enable their literature to reach a wider audience. |
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| Accession number | E.234-1921 |
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| Record created | June 14, 2007 |
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