Mosieu le maire, "le vrai peut quelquefois n'être pas vrai," sans blague

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · November 3, 1852

In a village street, a peasant in a shirt, in profile turned to the left, a package of herbs under his arm, his sickle in his belt, glasses on his nose, his index finger raised in the air. Face-to-face with the mayor, who wears a cotton bonnet and carries his newspaper under his arm.