Careful instruction
1907
Fernand Louis Gottlob serves up a slice of Belle Époque sass in this 1907 sketch. A fashionable woman with a massive, trendy pompadour sits at her desk, looking over her shoulder with a confused expression. The title 'Instruction soignée' (Good Education) is a total joke—the text at the bottom shows her asking her maid how to spell a word. The maid’s reply is brutal: she tells the mistress to just add extra letters because she's writing to a lover who isn't coming back anyway! It’s a classic example of the witty, satirical illustrations that made Gottlob famous in French magazines.
- Technique
- Pencil drawing
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- Paper
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