Bergeret GA Five-Card Set, 1901

File — Box: CFC Postcards Box 1

Identifier: CFC2018.0315

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

1901

Extent

9 Cards : "La Cigale et la Fourmi." A. Bergeret Phototypie Nancy. Five cards using children to illustrate five phases of La Fontaine's GA.

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

The five scenes in these postcards, acted by children, communicate a severe handling of the cicada. In the last scene, she is lying disconsolate as the "ant" directs her to go dance in winter. Spinning wheel and guitar characterize these two. Each card's front contains a few verses of the fable in red. I am amazed to have found a full set of these cards through the generosity of Bertrand and his family. Bergeret apparently moved out to present one fable in a series of photographs after offering a series of fables with one view each.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Bertrand Bauvais, August, '15. One previously found card #2 for €3 in St. Ouen, August, '13. Extra copies of cards #2 and #5 from Gabriel Somobyi, Floresti, Romania, Dec., '08.