Sale 219 Lot 451

THE EXILED EMPEROR SOULOUQUE MEETS HIS FORMER MINISTER AS A PARISIAN COACHMAN, A SATIRE OF HAITIAN SOVEREIGNTY 1859 Cham (Amedee de Noe, French, 1818-1879), colored lithograph on wove paper from the series "Actualites," published in the Parisian satirical journal "Le Charivari," depicting the deposed Haitian emperor Faustin Soulouque, in a feathered top hat, greeting his former minister, here reduced to working as a liveried coachman beside a carriage on a Paris street. The image is a racist caricature of its period, exaggerating the features of both men in the manner of French press mockery of the fallen Haitian Empire. Signed in the stone "CHAM" with plate number "12," inscribed "Actualites" at top, "Mon Martinet, 172 r. Rivoli et 41 r. Vivienne" at lower left and "Lith. Destouches, 28 r. Paradis Pre. Paris" at lower right, and captioned "Soulouque, retrouvant a Paris son ancien ministre le prince Trou-Bon-Bon; qui, moins heureux que lui, n'a rien emporte en fait d'argent et s'est vu oblige de se mettre en place." Unframed. sheet: 14 x 11 inches
$120-160