Neat old French cartoon

This is from an 1886 issue of La Caricature. I think it translates as "Force of habit."

It didn't say who the subject was. Perhaps a retiring general from 1886 current events that "everyone" knew. (Caran D'Ache was the artist.)

I like the 1830s-1840s uniforms and the sentiment.







If you like old illustrations, try this link for La Caricature. Issues go from 1881 to 1904.

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32737409c/date.r=La%20Caricature%20.langfr

Le Vie En Culotte Rouge!

This was a French military humor magazine from the early 1900s. It had color illustrations of French officers ans soldiers in racy situations with actresses, dancers, mistresses, a girlfriends. Several years of issues of Le Vie En Culotte Rouge can be found at his site.....


http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32888964b/date.r=Le+Vie+en+Culotte+Rouge.langFR

WW I Cantinieres

The sturdy Mme. Ricaux posing in the studio and behind the lines. She has the M15 Adrian Helmet placing the photos after 1915.

Madam Fatima (?) of the Spahis, French colonial cavalry from North Africa.

"Joy of the Regiment"

" Lolilla, regimental canteen of Alfonso XII, who campaigns in Morocco, has been nicknamed by the soldiers "Joy of the Regiment"

The woman most popular of Spain, at present, is certainly "Lolilla, the regimental sutler of Alfonso XII, which is the country of Morocco.
Lolilla, (who) is a very pure type of Spanish beauty, is nicknamed "la alegria del regimento" (the joy of the Regiment).
Fearless, tireless, she is seen sometimes at the bedside of the wounded, sometimes under the tent where she writes under the dictation of soldiers, letters to (sweet hearts) in Andalusian waiting, anxious, the end of the campaign ..

Le Petit Journal Illustrated October 17, 1909

Google translation from French.

Spanish Cantiniere in Morocco

"Marruecos" 1909, Asunción Martos, "cantinera del batallón de cazadores de Talavera."



This shot looks like a studio with painted backdrop...




Fictional "nurse" based on the cantiniere....



Plus a modern illustration...