Queuing up for Rat Meat

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Queuing up for rat meat.

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Artist

Name:
Cham
Dates:
1818-1879
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Humor
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
San Francisco Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Album du siège
Authors:
Cham; Daumier, Honoré
Publisher:
Paris: n.d.
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Description:

A line of crawling people stretches out on the street, everyone waiting for a chance to catch a rat from the gutter as a soldier keeps watch to make sure things proceeds in an orderly fashion.

The caption reads in the original French: La queue pour la viande de rats.

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