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English: Title: Gli animali parlanti

Abstract: Italian political cartoon shows a banquet where many different species of animals have come together in peace to celebrate the wedding of the lion and the lioness, shown on the left reclining on a mound of dead animals; gathered around the table, at center, are bears, a goat, lions, a donkey, a unicorn, a camel, and an elephant; in the lower right foreground are a bull and a goat, at upper right, behind a wall labeled "Ciornalisti", are dogs and a wild cat, they hold papers labeled "Pays, Times, Allgemeine Zeitung, Fanfulla, [and] Viener Zeitun". At top center, next to a tree, is a rabbit sitting on a stone labeled "Vatican[?]", and at lower right center is a monkey magician labeled "Diplomazia", holding a wand and lifting the lid to a pot containing armaments, medals, and a red cross flag; the pot rests on a small table in front of the monkey, there are also two scrolls labeled "Decret" and "Diploma" on the table. A monkey sits at the feet of the lion and lioness, twisting together their tails, between his legs is a feather duster labeled "Canceliere". Many of the guests have champagne glasses and they are identified by the inscription on the glass; next to the wedding couple is a glass labeled "Germania", the goat and bear hold glasses labeled "Serbia" and "Montenegi[...]", the donkey's glass is labeled "Austria", the camel's glass is labeled "Ecitto", the unicorn's glass is labeled "Inghilter", and the bull's glass is labeled "Rumelia". The elephant is drinking from a bottle labeled "Suez". Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 42.2 x 58.9 cm.

Notes: Left side caption (Italian): Le varie razze radunate in convito per mostrate la pace del mondo animale, festeggiano le nozze del Leone e della Leonessa. La prestigiatrice fara i doni di circostanza.; Right side caption (French): Les races diffèrentes, reunies à table pour montrer la paix du monde animal, font fête pour los noces du Lion et de la Lionesse. La magicienne fera les cadeaux du cas.; Letterpress newsprint of title page and back page printed on verso.; Grossi.; Title from item.; Illus. from: Le perroquet, journal politique charivarique illustré colorié, 7me année dimanche 8 Juin 1879, n. 23 ; Supplemento al Papagallo, n. 23, anno VII.; Signed on stone at center, on the table.; Stamped on verso: Venie Abonnement / J. Baudet / Libraire Edr. Commissionnaire / 27 Rue St. Placide, Paris.; Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).