Modes de 1864

Modes de 1864  is an original lithograph on paper realized by Amodee de Noe, also known as Cham.

Hand-signed on the lower right in black marker. Numbered, edition 180. on the top right.

Titled, with a description, on the bottom center: LE MUSCADIN DE 1798 - ROBE A LA TALIEN, CHAPEAU A LA RECAMIER! DECIDEMENT! C'EST LE MOMENT DE FAIRE MA RENTREE

On the lower right corner, l ith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis .

On the lower left corner, Martinet, 172, Rivoli et 4l,r Vivienne .

On the top center, Actualites .The state of preservation is very good.

Charles Amédée de Noé , known as  Cham  (26 January 1818,  Paris  – 6 September 1879, Paris), was a  French   caricaturist  and  lithographer . Raised by a family who wished for him to attend a  polytechnic  school, he instead attended painting workshops hosted by  Nicolas Charlet  and  Paul Delaroche  and began work as a cartoonist. He eventually took up the  pseudonym  of "Cham".

In 1839, he published his first book,  Monsieur Lajaunisse , which began a career that would span 40,000 drawings. In 1843, he began to have his illustrations be published in newspapers like  Le Charivari , a publication where he was on staff for thirty years. Later works included  Proudhon en voyage  and  Histoire comique de l'Assemblée nationale . He wrote a number of  comic plays towards the end of his life.