Series of 6 cards, with only the last card numbered. Title appears only on the first card. The narrative captions argue for the right of women to act as advocates and complain about the removal of the crucifix from the courtroom, as required by a law of Dec. 9, 1905, separating church and state
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Postcards depicting a woman dressed in legal attire and posing in various settings and Legally themed postcards depicting a woman dressed in legal attire and posing in various settings
Description:
Date from postmark., Postcard include manuscript notes. Postcards no. [1], [3], [4], [5] are addressed to "Madame Jeanne Brondy" and no. 6 to "Mademoiselle Valentine Bidaulb.", "Carte Postale, a puliser seulement dans le regime interieur (France, Algerie et Tunisie)"--Printed verso of postcards. , Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281769, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.13 tall., In French., Online resource; description based on print version record. , and Accompanied by translation.
Series of 6 numbered postcards, with narrative captions, depicting a French child as advocate
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Postcards depicting a child as advocate, Legally themed postcards depicting a child as advocate, and Rappelez-vous Lesurques
Description:
All postcards include manuscript notations and addressed to "Mademoiselle Laure Wattenne, Forest. par Aseg[?]"on verso., Caption on card number 6, "... Rappelez-vous Lesurques ...," refers to a notorious case of miscarriage of justice from 1796, Joseph Lesurques., Date from postmark and manuscript date, June 1902., In lower left corner: Collection G.I.D., Nantes., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281676, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.3 tall., In French., Online resource; description based on print version record. , and Accompanied by translation.
Publisher:
Royer et Cie
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Wattenne, Laure, Aseg, and Lesurques, Joseph, 1763-1796.
Series of 15 numbered scenes on 5 postcards, with narrative captions, depicting a child as an advocate addressing a court.
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Postcards depicting a child in legal attire addressing a court, Legally themed postcards depicting a child in legal attire addressing a court, and Rappelez-vous Lesurques
Description:
Date from postmark., Scene number 15 does not include a caption. , On card number [2], scene number 6: Rappelez-vous Lesurques, refers to Joseph Lesurques a notorious case of miscarriage of justice from 1796., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281764, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.11 tall., In French., Online resource; description based on print version record. , and Accompanied by translation.
A visual pun on the legal profession: The conveyancer is depicted as a pickpocket, the solicitor as a prostitute, and bar practice as a bartender
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Print numbered in ms. near upper edge of sheet: 264.
Publisher:
Published for the propietor by James Bulcock, 17 Park Place, Chelsea
Series of three postcards, with narrative captions. Children as advocate and plaintiff, the plaintiff, the victim, of a broken engagement
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Postcards depicting children as legal counsel and plaintiff and Legally themed postcards depicting children as legal counsel and plaintiff
Description:
In lower left corner: AL 5006, AL 5007, AL 5009., On verso: "Printed in Germany. AL series.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281632, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2020. LM Z Postcards v.1 no.6 tall, Online resource; description based on print version record. , and Aristophot was formed in Leipzig, Germany, around 1900 and subsequently opened a branch in London.
Publisher:
Aristophot Co. Ltd and Aristophot Co. Ltd.?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Law, Lawyers, Conduct of court proceedings, and Courtship
Series of 6 numbered postcards with narrative captions depicting a girl in legal attire advocating children's rights.
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Postcards depicting a girl in legal attire, advocating children's rights and Legally themed postcards depicting a girl in legal attire, advocating children's rights
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. , Postcards are addressed to Mademoiselle Marie Thérèse Desmons; dates from postmark: Lille, France, 1902 and 1904., Some postcards include manuscript notes below captions., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281671, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.1 tall, In French., and Online resource; description based on print version record.
Series of 5 numbered postcards, with narrative captions, poking fun at the arrogance of the legal profession. The child peasant in need of legal assistance cannot pay the lawyer enough
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Postcards depicting two French children as attorney and peasant and Legally themed postcards depicting two French children as attorney and peasant
Description:
In lower right corner: R.P.I., Postmarked 1904., Title devised by cataloger. , Card number 5 dated 1903 in manuscript. Other manuscript notes on some postcards, some of which are addressed to Mademoiselle B. Devidel and Jeanne Lacaton. , Accompanied by translation., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281709, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.4 tall., In French., and Online resource; description based on print version record.
Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
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Title engraved above image., From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson., Numbered '12' in upper left corner., Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: To this brave man the Knight repairs For counsel in this law affairs; ... As heart can wish, and need not shame The proudest man alive to claim., Copy of no. 515 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 93., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Clerks, Dogs, Justice, Law offices, Lawyers, and Women
Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales; the pedestal engraved with the date '1641'. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title begins: To this brave Man, the Knight repairs, For Counsel in his Law-Affairs; ..., One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 39 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 26.7 x 35.2 cm.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Clerks, Dogs, Justice, Law offices, Lawyers, and Women