French Comic Strip,c1850,Louis,Unfortunate Experiences,Fire,Water,Earth,Air

Title: Les quatre éléments. Louis était un enfant léger qui n'apportait aucume application à l'étude; ...
Date Created/Published: À Metz [France] : Fabrique d'images de Gangel et P. Didion, [between 1830 and 1870]
Summary: French comic strip shows a young boy, 'Louis,' who decides to apply himself at school after unfortunate experiences with the four elements. Louis learns about fire by getting burned while working for a baker; about water by falling into a stream while working with fishermen; about the earth by hurting his back while employed with a gardner; and about air by crashing into a tree while an assistant to a balloonist. The comic strip concludes with Louis as a civil engineer.
Notes:
Title from item.
From: Les quatre éléments, [p.] 34.
Tissandier collection.
Subjects:
Balloons (Aircraft)--1830-1870.
Natural phenomena--France--1830-1870.
Accidents--France--1830-1870.
Children--Education--France--1830-1870.
Comics--French--1830-1870.
Lithographs--Hand-colored--1830-1870.
Periodical illustrations--1830-1870.
Bookmark /2002722396/
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