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Hand-colored satirical allegorical map of an imaginary country with rivers, towns, mermaid and cupid vignettes, dated 1881.

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Haute Bicherie - Basse Bicherie [Fashionable Prostitution - Harlotry], Sahib (1881), Bibliothèque nationale de France. Via artnap.com

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A hand-colored satirical map titled Nouvelle Géographie du Pays du Tendre, drawn as an imaginary country with rivers, towns and districts labeled in playful French. Vignettes of mermaids, cupids, top-hatted gentlemen and fashionable women fill the regions named Basse Bicherie and Haute Bicherie. The print is attributed to Sahib (Louis Ernest Lesage) and dated 1881.

Museum record: Bibliothèque nationale de France