Caption
Two soldiers have a chat., Constantine, cartoon, A French soldier has a chat with his sergeant while polishing his uniform, just before the French army enters the city of Constantine in Algeria. He looks forward to the harem ladies., inscription: 'Tell me, sergeant? Did you dry his pail on the Day of Constantine? A real Chackuka that they have made dance there. This is the story of the people in the ville, and this is the story of the famous ladies in the sea, which is the result of the sesque.', annotation: '201', stamp: 'Timbre Royal Seine 3 c.', printmaker: Victor Adam (possibly), France, printer (person): Caboche & Cie., Grégoire, Paris, 1837-11-06, printer (person), paper, lithography, letterpress printing, lithography with letterpress text on verso, height 238 mm x width 356 mm, A black and white drawing shows two men in a rustic outdoor scene; one man stands holding a long curved object and looking toward the other, wearing rolled sleeves, trousers, and flat shoes, with a short haircut and a smiling expression, while the other man sits on a bundle of straw or hay with arms crossed, wearing a tall brimmed hat with a rounded top and a coat with visible buttons, and smoking a pipe held in one hand; to the left a tall tree trunk rises with foliage at the top and a small chest rests near its base beside some plants, a rope and a curved blade lie on the ground near a patch of disturbed earth, and to the right a rough wooden fence is visible behind the seated man.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B38_171
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