Paris Commissioners Reading the Official Catalogue
E G, pseud. [Ernest Griset] *
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Illustrators: | E G, pseud. [Ernest Griset] * |
Subjects: | Exhibitions, Reading |
Shows five commissioners of the Exposition Universelle (1867), Paris, sitting around a table. Four of them have fallen asleep out of boredom with the exhibition catalogue, but the commissioner at the head of the table continues reading it avidly. | |
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