Le Petit, Alfred (painter, lithographer, journalist, and chansonnier; Aumale 1841 – Levallois-Perret 1909). M. Jules Simon, the philosopher and politician, moderate republican, anticlerical, opponent to Napoleon III, and finally senator for lifetime in the window of a mansard surrounded by “Le Pois de Senteur”, the sweet pea. Colored lithograph. Inscribed: Alfred Le Petit 21 Janv. 1871. PARIS., otherwise as above and below resp. 24, 9 x 13.8 cm.
Osterwalder, Dictionnaire des Illustrateurs, p. 622. – Plate 8 of Le Petit’s Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes du Jour. – With the address of L’Éclipse and that of the printer Coulbœuf, both Paris. – The white upper margin a little dusted. – With H. Briollet’s five-liner:
« [Air du refrain de Jenny l’Ouvrière]. / Jules Simon, auteur de l’Ouvrière / Au cœur, hélas! plein de souci / Certes pourrait n’être rien, il préfère / Etre ministre aussi. »
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