Feast of Lemons in Menton, 2000
Scope and Contents
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
- 2000
Extent
4" Linear Feet ; 4" x 3.5"
Language of Materials
French
Immediate Source of Acquisition
€5.50 from bleuroy85100 through Ebay, April, '22.
Appraisal
From one of my favorite places in the world comes this depiction, presumably of a parade float, showing GA with character constructed principally of, apparently, lemons and oranges. It appears to be extracted from some publicity including the event, perhaps a tourist brochure? We have at least one postcard from that 2000 festival; it shows "The Rat Who Retired from the World."
Physical Description
2006 Advertising (?) image of the Feast of Lemons in Menton, France, in 2000, which celebrated the Fables of La Fontaine. 4" x 4¾".
Source
- bleuroy85100 (Organization)
- Printed Fables Webpage
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository