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Reconstruction of the Citizen's costume - part 2: the making

Written by Alicia PIOT BOUYSSE on . Posted in News.

Reconstruction of the Citizen's costume part 2: the making The Citizen The watercolour opposite is the first reconstruction project that we have chosen for our project. We invite you to read the description of this one in the article A citizen of 1848 as well as the preliminary research in the article Reconstitution of the Citizen's costume - 1rst part : the research In this article, I will discuss the different stages of the "production"...

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Reconstitution of the Citizen's costume - 1rst part : the research

Written by Alicia PIOT BOUYSSE on . Posted in News.

Reconstitution of the Citizen's costume 1rst part : the research The citizen Let us return to this watercolour by Hippolyte Charles Napoléon Mortier, the Duke of Trevise, of which we have already given a detailed description in the article A citizen of 1848, which we urge you to read before continuing with this article. Opposite, the watercolour by Mortier de Trévise depicts a man whose clothing is a certain "paradox" (as described in the...

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Victorine

Written by Dominique VANDANJON-HERAULT on . Posted in News.

Analysis of the Victorine's illustration Watercolour by Hippolyte Charles Napoléon Mortier, the Duke of Trevise dating from 1865, and representing "the old lady", who was called Victorine Context Victorine was very old in 1866, 13 years after the French abolition of slavery. Victorine may have arrived on the island as a child, as a slave. Young domestic slaves were in the permanent service of their masters, and apprenticed to older slaves. When...

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Jamali, sugarcane's guard

Written by Dominique VANDANJON-HERAULT on . Posted in News.

Jamali, sugarcane's Guard, 1861 Discovering the "cafre" guards The man Jamali pictured here is a "cafre". This word comes from the Arabic "kafir", meaning infidel, i.e. non-Muslim. Note his imposing build, his sharp spear to defend the fields or the huts, and the watchful look of the guard who watches for possible dangers from a higher point. The Lamb, Malagasy loincloth ? The cloth that envelops it is a loincloth,...

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Elise, Lucie & Tina

Written by Dominique VANDANJON-HERAULT on . Posted in News.

Elise, Lucie, et Tina Analysis of three young girls in dresses, in three illustrations by Hippolyte Charles Napoléon Mortier, the Duke of Trevise (whom we have already presented in A citizen of 1848) Hippolyte Charles Napoléon Mortier de Trévise, maliciously drew them between 1861 and 1866, when he stayed in the house of his brother-in-law, Denis-André Le Coat de K/Véguen, just after his marriage to Emma, a rich heiress. The artist, who was...

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