The Saint-Aubin Livre de caricatures
Drawing satire in eighteenth-century Paris
Ed. COLIN JONES, JULIET CAREY and EMILY RICHARDSON
Among
the
less
known
treasures
in
the
collections
at
Waddesdon
Manor,
the
Livre
de
caricatures
tant
bonnes
que
mauvaises
is
a
remarkable
work.
This
collection
of
comic
and
satirical
drawings
was
created
by
a
Parisian
luxury
embroiderer,
Charles‐Germain
de
Saint‐Aubin,
at
a
time
of
rigid
press
censorship,
to
entertain
a
small
group
of
family
and
friends.
For
today’s
reader
the
Livre
provides
not
only
a
series
of
richly
imaginative
and
varied
drawings,
but
also
a
fascinating
and
intriguing
commentary
on
pre‐Revolutionary
Paris.
In
this
first
comprehensive
study
of
the
Livre
de
caricatures,
which
includes
over
190
illustrations,
an
international
team
of
scholars
investigates
the
motivations
and
operations
behind
the
making
of
the
book,
and
the
many
facets
of
Parisian
life
that
it
illuminates.
Embracing
politics
and
religion,
theatre,
fashion
and
connoisseurship,
and
the
court
of
Versailles
and
the
Parisian
streets,
the
scope
of
the
Livre
is
immense.
The
work’s
unique
quality
is
evident
in
its
humour
–
whimsical,
fantastical,
challengingly
allusive,
but
not
without
a
sharp
political
edge
when
targeting
clerics,
the
court
and
Louis
XV’s
mistress,
Madame
de
Pompadour.
Known
within
the
Saint‐Aubin
family
as
the
Livre
de
culs,
the
Livre
delights
in
the
transgression
of
social
convention
and
the
keen
deflation
of
vanity
and
pretence.
Contributors
explore
this
irreverent
image
of
eighteenth‐century
Paris
in
all
its
glory.
In
today’s
world,
the
visual
satire
of
the
Livre
de
caricatures
continues
to
resonate,
instruct
and
entertain.
Introduction,
Colin
Jones
and
Juliet
Carey
I.
The
Livre
de
caricatures
and
the
Saint‐
Aubins
1.
Archaeology
and
materiality,
Colin
Jones
and
Emily
Richardson
2.
Decoding
the
Livre
de
caricatures,
John
Rogister
3.
The
Saint‐Aubins
sketching
for
fun
and
profit,
Kim
de
Beaumont
II.
Historical
perspectives
4.
War,
diplomacy
and
faction,
John
Shovlin
5.
Politics
and
religion,
Julian
Swann
6.
Gloire,
subversively,
Valerie
Mainz
7.
Madame
de
Pompadour,
Humphrey
Wine
III.
Sites
of
culture
8.
Theatrical
life,
Mark
Ledbury
9.
Musical
culture,
James
H.
Johnson
10.
Fashioning
the
feminine,
Aileen
Ribeiro
11.
Costume
books
and
fashion
plates,
Kimberly
Chrisman‐Campbell
12.
The
king
and
his
embroiderer,
Juliet
Carey
13.
Connoisseurship:
art
and
antiquities,
Charlotte
Guichard
14.
Vases
and
satire,
Perrin
Stein
IV.
Contexts
15.
The
precariousness
of
things,
Richard
Taws
16.
Saint‐Aubin’s
jokes
and
their
relation
to...,
Katie
Scott
Appendix:
form
and
content
analysis
List
of
illustrations
Summaries
&
List
of
contributors
Bibliography
Colin
Jones
is
a
Fellow
of
the
British
Academy
and
Professor
of
History
at
Queen
Mary,
University
of
London.
Juliet
Carey
is
Curator
of
Paintings,
Drawings
and
Sculpture
at
Waddesdon
Manor
(The
Rothschild
Collection).
Emily
Richardson
is
an
independent
art
historian
specializing
in
the
arts
of
18th‐century
France.
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