St. Ouen
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Bergougnan/Boutigny, Tightrope Walker, 1890
Bon Point Chocolat Corona, 1925
Boudier "Pates Alimentaires", 1890
The color work in this card is exceptional. Boudier claims awards 1867-1878. The image is a clear reference to the two mice or rats with an egg, but what is the chick doing in the picture? Advertising on the verso. No reference to La Fontaine or the fable.
Card 2, 1910
Chocolat Poulain, 1895
This card replicates one advertising "Aux Deux Passages." A surprising thing is that Chocolat Poulain used various kinds of fable cards to advertise. The curtsy here that invites the cicada to dance is beautifully rendered but downright mean!
Chocolat Poulain Gold Background Cards, 1910
Chocolaterie d'Aiguebelle, Extra of Les Deux Voyageurs, 1890
Very pleasing cards, with better illustration work than on many such cards. The framing of the picture is done well, with a flowing ribbon moving up from the Aiguebelle credit at the bottom alongside the illustration and fable title and past the "Fables de Florian" group title at the top of the card. The verso presents the full fable text. The coloration reminds one of the coloring of fine "holy cards" in one-time Catholic grade schools.
Dog and Shadow Card, 1896
I am not sure I understand the human application of DS here. Has the child sacrificed a toy, or has the man with the cane given up a real child for a toy? A policeman hurries to the scene. I believe I have found Poulain sponsoring four different kinds of fable cards. The verso has the text of La Fontaine's fable and identifies it as such. The style of these two cards seems similar enough to suspect that they are part of a stock set.