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PCT4271967: American painter and illustrator Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) tricycle France and Italy with his wife Elisabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) at the end of the 19th century. This couple of artists brought back from these travels as a curious crew the material of many books. The best known is “An italian pilgrimage” (Italy a velocipede), published in 1887, a classic of travel literature. In his works, Joseph Pennell often drew himself with his wife, as he published in “The adventures of an illustrator”, Little Brown 1925., Pennell, Joseph (1858-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272149: The army of Quaresmeprenant. Soldiers are represented as fish, some of which have only the aretes, by reference to Careme's lean (young) meal. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode of the Fourth Livre by Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272195: During the picrocholine wars (against Picrochole), Gant Gargantua received a flock of cannonballs that he drove from his hair with his comb. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode based on the work of Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274217: Two Gascons at the castle fort of Mauvezin (Hautes-Pyrenees - built by the Counts of Bigorre in the 11th century, rebuilt by Gaston Febus around 1380). Gaston III Phoebus, Count of Foix, Lord of Bearn (1331-1391) and Henry IV (1553-1610 noste Henric = our Henri) Postcard beginning 20th century (Bouquet chromolithography), Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images