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The Flowers Personified: antiquarian image of a thistle flower by Parisian cartoonist J. J. Grandville from his 'Les Fleurs Animees' (1847)
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Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard (1803-47) was a famous Parisian cartoonist usually writing under the pseudonym J.J. Grandville. His greatest work, ‘Les Fleus Animees’ (1847) is an imaginative and delightful mix of satirical and poetic verses accompanied by colorful illustrations of flowers that morph into human beings. The careers and personalities of women, as anthropomorphized flowers, are indicated by the colorful flowers they wear as hats, dresses, or ornaments. In one, ‘Chardon,” we see a woman as a prickly thistle standing her ground while confronted by a donkey in formal attire. ~ Page 211

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