#Yet Again i have mispelled 'gist' | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

clove-pinks · 2 months

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An 1838 comic by Paul Gavarni, from the "Letterbox" series.

The gist of it is that Corporal Telemaque, shown with his hair in papers and in the process of being curled with a hot iron, must devise an excuse as to why he cannot meet with Monsieur le Sargent Major—seemingly being composed by the young lady with her hair down.

#Eighteen-Thirties Thursday #paul gavarni #1830s #historical hairstyles #papillotes #historical hair curling #1838 #the wording of the letter is also part of the joke #or so i gather #gavarni the master of men's hairdressing scenes #romantic era #Yet Again i have mispelled 'gist'#i can't even read english never mind french

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