Lovers surprised by Death,Georges Colomb,Christophe

Title: [Lovers surprised by Death] / Christophe.
Creator(s): Colomb, Georges, 1856-1945, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1887 and 1904]
Summary: Drawing shows a partially nude couple on a bed, gazing fearfully at an apparition in full armor with a skull head, entering the door. Christophe was the pen name used by French artist Georges Colomb for the illustrations and comic drawings he made between 1887 and 1904. He is credited with the first modern comic strip, La Famille Fenouillard, begun in 1889. After 1904, he largely abandonded his art work and devoted himself to an academic career in natural history.
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Unprocessed in WOOD/Christophe.170
Sources: World encyclopedia of comics, p. 174-75; Lambiek comic cyclopedia [on line] ljr
Subjects:
Nudes--1700-1800.
Couples--1700-1800.
Death--1700-1800.
Cartoons (Commentary)--French--1880-1910.
Ink drawings--French--1880-1910.
Bookmark /2004673497/
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