| French Literature Companion: Le Charivari |
Charivari, Le. Satirical paper founded by Charles Philipon in 1832, famous for its subversive treatment of life in the July Monarchy and the Second Empire. Though less political than its stable-mate La Caricature, it published material which ruthlessly exposed social and political corruption, as in Daumier's Robert Macaire series (1836-8).
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| Wikipedia: Le Charivari |
Le Charivari was an illustrated newspaper published in Paris, France from 1832 to 1937. Le Charivari published caricatures, political cartoons and reviews. In 1835 the government banned political caricature, thus Le Charivari began publishing satires of everyday life.
To reduce their financial risk of censorship fines with the satirical anti-monarchist illustrated newspaper La Caricature, which had more pages and printed on more expensive paper, caricaturist Charles Philipon and his brother-in-law Gabriel Aubert started Le Charivari which contained humorous, but not as political, content. Ownership of the paper changed often due to censorship, and related taxes and fines.
Le Charivari published daily from 1832 to 1936, and then weekly until 1937.
In 1841 English engraver, Ebenezer Landells, together with Henry Mayhew, used Le Charivari as the model for their Punch magazine subtitled The London Charivari.
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Contributing with lithographs, woodcuts, and (after 1870) with zincographies (gillotage) were:
 Lithograph of Victor Hugo by Honoré Daumier published 20 July 1849 |
 Lithograph by Louis Morel-Retz, published |
 Caricature of Louis Philippe, published |
 Lithograph by Honoré Daumier published |
 Lithograph by Honoré Daumier published 1864 |
"Le Charivari". H. Daumier and His Lithographic Work. http://www.daumier.org/. Retrieved on May 7 2005.
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