Les mammifères

Title: Les mammifères
Subject: Advertising; French language--Writing; Pictures; Australianisms
Category: 2. National boundaries
Place of Publication: Paris
Creator: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron
Current holder: National Library of Australia
Period of reference: 1901 – 1901
Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-54975721
Item number: 4550169
Access rights: Digitised
Rights: Out of copyright.
Country of origin: France
Language: French
Description from source: 2 cards : col. ill. ; 12 x 8 cm. L'Ornithorynque & Le kanguroo. Two advertising cards issued by French chocolate company Chocolat Guérin-Boutron to advertise their product, which were originally produced as a complete set of 84 cards. One card is captioned "Les Mammiferes: Le Kanguroo" and depicts a kangaroo in a natural setting, with an Indigenous Australian man shown in an seperate scene at the left. The other card is captioned "Les Mammiferes: L'Ornithorynque" and depicts a platypus on a riverbank, with an Indigenous Australian woman shown in a seperate scene at the left. The versos of the cards feature text in French, describing the animals depicted and relating to the products of the Guérin-Boutron chocolate company.
Physical format: Trade card
Related resources: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-44458497