La comédie de notre temps ... études au crayon et à la plume
A collection of social caricature by the French illustrator and photographer Bertall, published in Paris by E. Plon in 1874 for readers of pictorial humor about bourgeois manners. Pen sketches in loose hatched line show men in tailcoats, women in bustled gowns, drawing-room greetings and gestures, usable as spot figures, silhouettes and period costume reference.
