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- Title
Entre la physiognomonie et les Physiologies: le Calicot, figure du panorama parisien sous la Restauration.
- Authors
DAVIS, PEGGY
- Abstract
The nickname Calicot refers to the young pretentious commercial clerk during the Restoration, whose prototype appeared on the comic stage in 1817 and was promptly relayed by satirical prints and other printed ephemera. The representation of the Calicot as a Parisian social type, in both visual and print culture, conveys the interest of the time in observing the social roles within the modern urban world going through change. This paper examines the Calicot imagery as a milestone within the tradition of social observation, inherited from the late-18th century physiognomy, foreseeing the Physiologies, a vast operation of social taxonomy in the mid-19th century. Moreover, the examination of selected satirical prints on Calicot provide insight into the role played by this figure in the making of male identities in Parisian society during the Restoration.
- Subjects
FRANCE; RETAIL clerks; MASCULINE identity; BOURBON restoration, France, 1814-1830; HISTORY of Paris, France; YOUNG men in art; CARICATURES &; cartoons; SOCIAL role; PHYSIOGNOMY; FRENCH satire; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Études Françaises, 2013, Vol 49, Issue 3, p63
- ISSN
0014-2085
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.7202/1021203ar