Photography magazine Le Rire August 31, 1895

copy of the humorous weekly Le Rire (id 8880.) recently sent us one of our French contacts to purchase items of photographic collection. Specifically it is the No. 43, dated August 31, 1895

The story d and how you got this issue to us is curious, because as you can see on the cover a very peculiar camera (the camera" Stereo photosphere" Napoleon Conti, which was patented in France in 1895) appears that soon we would like to incorporate our collection. After making some acquisitions Mr. François Rosenblatt, among which the camera detective T & amp; W (id. 8873) of which I spoke in the statement 322, he had this nice touch with us, giving us this magazine for which had shown interest

the magazine Le Rire was a French weekly that enjoyed great success since its launch in October 1894 until the early '50s. Le Rire appeared in Paris at a time when the public began to be cultivated, had greater economic power and had more leisure time. Parisians interest in the arts, culture and politics kept growing at the end of the nineteenth century and the humorous weekly had a really great host. In addition magazine had in its ranks with renowned artists, among which we could highlight the very Toulouse-Lautrec, who contributed designs precisely between 1894 and 1897 . The cover of our copy was made by Jean Veber, such magazines was common in France and continued the tradition of great caricaturists like Honoré Daumier