77/5755 Conscience, Francis A. (1795-1840). "Le coq Gaulois". Drawing, pencil, watercolour and brown ink, 24,7x18,7 cm. (border line), signed "Francis C. 1831" in pen and ink, title and caption in pencil.

= The caption reads: "Elle est belle dit-il, Mais le moindre grain de mil, ferait bien mieux mon affaire". The original design for the lithograph, published in the periodical La Caricature politique, morale, littéraire et scénique (no. 103, 25 October 1832, plate 212). The caption (and the scene) is a take on the text by Jean de la Fontaine on the fable Le Coq et le Perle. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.