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(French, 1808–1879)
Effets du tourniquet sur les jupons en crinoline (The effect of turnstiles on hoop skirts), 1855
Lithograph
Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1954.160
Turnstiles were one of the novelties of the Paris World’s Fair of 1855. These visitors refuse to acknowledge the damage the turnstiles have done to their once bombastic-ally puffed-out hoop skirts.
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Effets du tourniquet
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Effets du tourniquet sur les jupons en crinoline (The effect of turnstiles on hoop skirts), 1855 Lithograph Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1954.160
Turnstiles were one of the novelties of the Paris World’s Fair of 1855. These visitors refuse to acknowledge the damage the turnstiles have done to their once bombastic-ally puffed-out hoop skirts.