January 21st, 2013
oldbookillustrations: At the show, where I stay - in spite of myself - under the crossfire of gazes, lorgnettes, and of those double-mortars called opera glasses… Jean-Jacques Grandville, from Petites misères de la vie humaine (Little troubles of human life), by Old Nick (Paul-Émile Daurand-Forgues), Paris, 1870. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

At the show, where I stay - in spite of myself - under the crossfire of gazes, lorgnettes, and of those double-mortars called opera glasses…

Jean-Jacques Grandville, from Petites misères de la vie humaine (Little troubles of human life), by Old Nick (Paul-Émile Daurand-Forgues), Paris, 1870.

(Source: archive.org)

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    Printed in 1870, but showing the fashion of 1840’s
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    First World Problems circa 1870
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248 notes Source: oldbookillustrations #grandville#p. e. daurand-forgues#little troubles of human life#19th century#france#wood engraving
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