Ah! qu'il est beau! Qu'il est beau! Qu'il est beau! Le postillon de long chameau!
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Ah! qu'il est beau! Qu'il est beau! Qu'il est beau! Le postillon de long chameau!

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · April 20, 1840

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

In the corridor of the opera ball, a longshoreman, his hat in hand, jeering at the thin and physically weak looking man, costumed as a horseman and seen from the back at left, giving his arm to a tall lady having loops of hair over her face. On the wall, at right, "1ere Loges."

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