La plus grande escroquerie du siècle

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Description

Title
La plus grande escroquerie du siècle
Alternative Title
Postcard depicts Thérèse Humbert displaying her empty safe
Legally themed postcard depicts Thérèse Humbert displaying her empty safe
Contributor
Montbertrand, Lois S.
Published / Created
[1902?]
Publication Place
Paris
Publisher
A.D. et A.D., 35, Bd des Capucines
Abstract

Image depicts Thérèse Humbert displaying her empty safe. Her relations Daurignac and her husband are in the picture

Description
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1463759
Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.2 no.21 tall.
Online resource; description based on print version record.
Postal stamp on verso dated 1902. Manuscript address and notations.
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 (1 postcard) :
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
French

Collection Information

Repository
Lillian Goldman Law Library
Call Number
HV6691 .P58 1902

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Postcards
Material
illustration, black and white.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
France
Subject (Name)
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic)
Swindlers and swindling
Humor
Parodies, imitations, etc
Caricatures and cartoons
Subjects
Swindlers and swindling > France > Humor
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Parodies, imitations, etc
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Caricatures and cartoons
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Humor

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Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
991008444649708651
Catalog Record
b17203922
Object ID (OID)
33532127

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