Cancan - Le Frou Frou I

Le Frou Frou was a French weekly magazine published during the Edwardian era and in to the Twenties that featured risque, satirical and humorous drawings and cartoons and other material. This is the first in an intermittent series of posts featuring selected images from the magazine.

 

As can be seen the images vary considerably in style and quality.  They appear to be scans or photocopies of the originals for the web posting by BnF so they are not as sharp as would be desirable.

Links to the images, most of which are from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France:

If you visit the sites below use the Download/Print link above the image to get a full-sized version of the photo.

First and second images:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5552501b.images

Third image:

http://kunstpedia.com/blogs/a-lure-into-young-picasso%e2%80%99s-den.html

Fourth image:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/LeFrou_Frou1900Page085.gif/569px-LeFrou_Frou1900Page085.gif

Fifth image:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55545439/f7.image.r=

 

Sixth image:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5553114w/f8.image.r=

Seventh image:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5552487h/f8.image.r=

Eighth image:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55554186/f10.highres

Ninth image:

Lost link

Tenth image:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5552487h/f5.image.r=

You can search for and see the material for yourself at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France at this site:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/searchInPeriodique?p=1&n=15&pageNumber=26&spe=%22le+frou+frou%22&tabIndex=10&tabIndex=10&tabIndex=10&tabIndex=10&lang=EN&arkPress=cb32779027h%2Fdate&tri=date_sort

Bibliographical information for the BnF images:

Titre : Le Frou-Frou ["puis" Frou-Frou et Bonne humeur]

Éditeur : [s.n.?] (Paris)

Date d'édition : 1900

Type : texte,publication en série imprimée

Langue : Français

Format : application/pdf

Identifiant : ark:/12148/cb32779027h/date

Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Littérature et art, 4-Z-1429

Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32779027h

Description : Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pam1

Provenance : bnf.fr

Date de mise en ligne : 30/11/2010