Les Vésuviennes, ou, Les soldats pour rire
By: par E. de Beaumont
Contributors: Aubert (Firm)
Published: 1848
Language: fre
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Social life and customs; France. Armée; Women soldiers; Soldiers; Pictorial French wit and humor; France; Caricatures and cartoons; Women
Other titles: Soldats pour rire
Notes: Cover title.

The assumed publication date is from an essay in: Die Karikatur zwischen Republik und Zensur. Marburg : Jonas, ©1991, pages 260-276.

Caricatures of women as French soldiers on 20 leaves.

"The Vésuviennes were a radical feminist group that existed in France in the middle of the 19th century ... Considered the most radical of all of the feminist factions of the time, the Vésuviennes promoted female military service, the right of women to dresss the same as men, and legal and domestic equality between husband and wife ..."--Wikipedia, viewed January 16, 2020.

The plates are hand colored lithographs.