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M. Le Comte de Noë (Cham), for "Le Monde Illustré"

Maker

After
(artist)
1824-1882

Title

Date of Production

1877

Medium

Wood engraving

Dimensions

Height: 46.3 cm (Sheet)
Width: 31.4 cm (Sheet)

Accession Number

G.2025.XX.1

Mode of Acquisition

gift, 2025

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Gift of Donato Esposito, 2025

Location

Not currently on display

Label Text

This print, a proof for an illustration published in Le Monde Illustré, 17 February 1877, p. 97 [front-page], depicts the French caricaturist and lithographer Charles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham (1816-1879). It was likely commissioned by the publication in honour of the sitter having recently been named a Chevalier de la Légion l'honneur. A prolific cartoonist, he produced over 40,000 drawings over the course of his career and served on the staff of the famed satirical magazine Le Charivari (whose other notable contributors included Honoré Daumier, Gustave Doré, Paul Gavarni and Nadar) for 30 years. Cham’s staggering output is alluded to in the piles of sketches and the clouds of tumbling putto-like figures that appear on the verge of engulfing him.

Provenance

Colette and Etienne Bidon (L.4628), before 2012; Christian Collin (b. 1963), Paris [stock number 5811], purchased by Donato Esposito 25 August 2022; gift to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2025.

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