La Carte de Tendre en 1869
- Title:
- La Carte de Tendre en 1869
- Alternate Title:
- La Carte de Tendre en 1869
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Hadol, Paul
- Date:
- 1869
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1072.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1072_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1800 - 1869
- Subject:
- Satirical
Politics & Government
Allegorical - Measurement:
- 31 x 25, on sheet 47 x 32 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- Paul Hadol's map satirizes French society at the end of the Second Empire, based on M. De Scudery's Carte de Tendre of two centuries earlier. See Notes for ID # 1029. The text on the verso attacks the obsession with wealth ("a new sun shines, the gentle, the beautiful, the sacred 100 Sous Piece, nailed steadfastly into the sky as a fixed star . . . and . . . now all women worship the sun"). This is reflected in the map; among other things, the "Billet doux" of love are bank notes, and the scales of measurement are coins. The text is focused on the much-hated Empress Eugenie, referred to in the text as la "Grue," a word that can mean either a crane or a woman of loose morals. For more detail, see Barron, Rod, http://www.barron.co.uk/Imaginary+Maps+Pt+1/item1142, accessed November 24, 2014.
Hadol was among "the foremost exponents" of a "new map genre," blurring the boundary between cartoon art and cartography (Barron 2008, 9).
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- L'Eclipse, May 30, 1869.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.