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
PCT4273547: Scapin's Furries. Moliere's theatre piece, act 2. This scene is one of the most often represented in the illustrations of the work. Argante, hiding behind Scapin, attends the threats of Silvestre, who shouts with his sword, “” By blood! By the head! if he were there, i would give him a sword in his belly. Who is this man?” Scapin: “It's not him, sir, it's not him.” Illustration of Francois Boucher (1703-1770) engraved by Laurent Cars for the famous edition of 1734 of Moliere's works., Boucher, Francois (1703-70) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4262603: Cartoon of “modern” transport by Gustave Dore around 1850:2 trains hit each other and a passenger train derails and falls from the top of a bridge; a carriage is divided into 2 and overturns after the horse pulling it has been packed; only the wheelchair seems to find grace in the eyes of the artist., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images