N’est-il pas vrai.., brave turco..., que vous préférez les Francaises aux Africaines? (Isn't it true, brave Turco..., that you prefer French women to African women?), no. 100 from the series "Actualités (Current Events)"

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N’est-il pas vrai.., brave turco..., que vous préférez les Francaises aux Africaines? (Isn't it true, brave Turco..., that you prefer French women to African women?), no. 100 from the series "Actualités (Current Events)"
Image Not Available for N’est-il pas vrai.., brave turco..., que vous préférez les Francaises aux Africaines? (Isn't it true, brave Turco..., that you prefer French women to African women?), no. 100 from the series "Actualités (Current Events)"
Artist/Maker (French, 1808 - 1879)
Datepublished August 31, 1859
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (24.1 × 22.2 cm) Sheet: 11 9/16 × 9 7/8 in. (29.4 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jerry Ver Dorn
Object number1986.10
Not on view
DescriptionA smiling Black Zouave soldier is depicted at the center of a group sitting on an omnibus. He is surrounded by keenly engaged white French people, several of whom asre asking him questions. Full text and translation of text: Mme. Potard: N’est-il pas vrai.., brave turco, que vous préférez les Françaises aux Africaines ? M. Potard: Chut ! ….ma bonne…., tu vois bien que tu vas le faire rougir ! …. Madame Potard: Is it not true, brave Turco, that you prefer the French to Africans? Mr. Potard: Hush! My maid, you see just as well that you are turning red! ***Turco: Algerian soldier fighting in French Army

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Alternate Titles Actualités (Current Events)
Provenance 1986: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Jerry Ver Dorn;
?: Jerry Ver Dorn, by gift of William G. Roehrick.
Markings Marks: none noted.
Published References FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1986").
Signature Signed "h.D." in stone at lower left.
Inscribed "ACTUALITES" at upper center in typeset; "100." at upper right in typeset; "Mme. POTARD._ N'est-il pas vrai.., brave turco, que vous preferez les Francaises aux Africaines?.... / Mr. POTARD._ Chut!....ma bonne...., to vois bien que tu vas le faire rougir!....." at lower center in typeset; "mon. Martinet 172, r Rivoli cl 71, r Vivienne" at lower left in typeset; "Lith Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris." at lower right in typeset; "76." in stone at lower right.
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