Two Cards, Bouillon, Rivoyre et Cie Children Acting, 1890

File — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 4

Identifier: CFC2018.0433.1

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

1890

Extent

2 Cards : 2 cards with full-color images of children acting out La Fontaine's fables within a border advertising B. Baloy, 42, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin. ; 3" x just over 4".

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

The pink and floral border frames each of two scenes familiar already from cards marked by "Dépot Central," namely "Le Loup, la Mère & l'Enfant" and MSA. These cards are thus slightly larger than their "Dépot Central" counterparts. Once again, the color printing is not exact. Baloy is a shoe dealer. The "Le Loup, la Mère & l'Enfant" card shows some old paste scars on both faces, while the MSA card shows them only on the text side.

Le Loup, la Mère & l'Enfant

MSA