Le Petit, Alfred (painter, lithographer, journalist, and chansonnier; Aumale 1841 – Levallois-Perret 1909). M. Louis Veuillot. The publicist, ultra-orientated to coal, iron, and steel, as “Le Melon”, armored with a Cloche de Rome decorated with tiara and keys, and enlightened by a long altar candle held high like a sword. Colored lithograph. Inscribed: Alfred Le Petit 10 Mars 1871, otherwise as above and below resp. 24.5 x 13.6 cm.
Osterwalder, Dictionnaire des Illustrateurs, p. 622. – Plate 25 of Le Petit’s Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes du Jour. – With the address of L’Éclipse and that of the printer Coulbœuf, both Paris. – With H. Briollet’s quatrain:
« Elle a beau revenir de Rome, / Humide encor du goupillon, / Sous une cloche, aulieu d’un homme, / On ne peut trouver qu’un melon. »
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