La Fontaine by Jack (Jacques Hubert Bonnefoy), 2 cards, 1947

File — Box: CFC Postcards Box 2

Identifier: CFC2021.0125.1-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

1947

Extent

2 Cards : La Fontaine's Fables in children's scenes. 18 cards produced by M. Barré and J. Doyez, Paris. The artist's signature seems to be "Lack" or "Jack." Series 1426; each card has a different letter following that number. No. 614. The fable is printed in script on the message side of the post card. At about the same time, this publishing firm did a series of colored postcards by Starling. Imprimé en France.

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

D. The vagabond musician little girl gets turned away by the well-to-do girl inside the house.

H. A girl lives out GGE by breaking her bank and finding only one coin. There will not be any others. The hammer in her hand suggests the silly violence of the act.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Persistence has paid off: I now have what I believe are the last two cards ("D" and "H") for $12 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.