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Artist
- Name:
- Johannot, Tony
- Dates:
- 1803-1852
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Old Book Illustrations
Book
- Title:
- Jérôme Paturot à la recherche de la meilleure des républiques
- Author(s):
- Reybaud, Louis
- Publisher:
- Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1849
Description
Humorous and unflattering portrayal of Étienne Cabet as an orator wearing a gown and a headdress decorated with a crown of oak leaves. He is giving a lecture, his right hand resting on his book, titled Voyage en Icarie, as he shows his listeners a small object he holds between the thumb and forefinger of his left hand. A couple of pictures of Icaria can be seen in the background.
Étienne Cabet was a French journalist and founder of the Icarians, a utopist movement which attempted to established egalitarian communes in the United States.
The caption reads in the original French: Le pontife était à la tribune, versant les flots de sa parole sur un auditoire ému et attentif.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, book, lecture, male, performance, talking
