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(French, 1804–1866)
Tu danseras Coquardeau !.. (You will dance, Coquardeau!...), 1842
Lithograph
Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.63
The type of Coquardeau is a stick-in-the mud or party-pooper who rejects the spirit of carnival. Typically bourgeois and middle-aged, he is quickly jilted by his fun-loving wife or mistress. Coquardeau is the butt of the revelers’ jokes and victim of their tricks.
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Tu danseras Coquardeau!
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866) Tu danseras Coquardeau !.. (You will dance, Coquardeau!...), 1842 Lithograph Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.63
The type of Coquardeau is a stick-in-the mud or party-pooper who rejects the spirit of carnival. Typically bourgeois and middle-aged, he is quickly jilted by his fun-loving wife or mistress. Coquardeau is the butt of the revelers’ jokes and victim of their tricks.