L'héritage Crac-Fort
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Description
- Title
- L'héritage Crac-Fort
- Alternative Title
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Postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert story
Legally themed postcards parodying the Thérèse Humbert story - Contributor
- Montbertrand, Lois S.
- Published / Created
- [1902-1903]
- Publication Place
- Paris : [Publisher not identified]
- Abstract
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"L'héritage Crac-Fort," a series of 10 postcards illustrating and parodying the story of Thérèse Humbert: "L'affaire Humbert," the notorious swindler of French celebrities. The title of the series is a pun on the family name of Thérèse Humbert's supposed American benefactor, Crawford, from whom she claimed to have received her enormous, fabricated, and unavailable fortune. "Crac fort" is a popular, familiar expression for a sudden loud noise or sensation, either literal or metaphorical
- Description
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Dates from postmarks and manuscript notes.
Accompanied by translation.
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1454250
Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.2 no.14 tall.
Online resource; description based on print version record.
Thérèse Humbert, a woman of humble origins with limited education and meager means, executed an elaborate swindle that endured for nearly two decades. She accomplished this by deceiving prominent figures in French society who willingly entrusted their fortunes to her in hopes of substantial returns. They, in turn, enriched her considerably, and until her scheme unraveled, she lived a life of opulence and admiration. However, when the falsehoods underpinning her schemes were exposed, she garnered significant public attention, albeit not for admiration. Unrepentant even in the face of her downfall, Thérèse delighted the public during her trial. Plump, jolly, and as good-humored as ever, she entertained her lawyer with witty asides in the courtroom. Her story continues to be recounted in modern times through books, articles, and the 1983 French movie "Thérèse Humbert," in which Simone Signoret portrays her. - Extent
- 1 online resource (10 postcards) :
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lillian Goldman Law Library
- Call Number
- HV6967 .H47 1902
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Poetry
Postcards - Material
- illustrations (black and white).
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- France
- Subject (Name)
- Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
- Subject (Topic)
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Crime
Humor.
Parodies, imitations, etc
Caricatures and cartoons
Humor
Swindlers and swindling
Impostors and imposture - Subjects
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Crime > France > Humor.
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Parodies, imitations, etc
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Caricatures and cartoons
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Poetry
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Humor
Swindlers and swindling > France > Humor
Impostors and imposture > France > Humor.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 991008444209708651
- Catalog Record
- b17203855
- Object ID (OID)
- 33532092
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