Lost Opportunity

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Artist

Name:: Bellangé, Hippolyte
Dates:: 1800-1866
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Delaporte
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:: La Caricature, vol. 1
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: Paris: Aubert, 1831

Description:

In a park, a very embarrassed man holds his pants with one hand while, with the other, he doffs his hat to the young lady he had planned to marry. She passes by without a glance.

The caption reads in the original French: Le mariage manqué.

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{{cite web | title=Lost Opportunity | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/failed-wedding/ | author=Bellangé, Hippolyte | year=1831 | access-date=March 14, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}