La Rentrée.
C'est drôle, je ne vois pas revenir la petite Confiance.
(The return
It's strange that , I don't seem to see little Confiance return.)
1868. Lithograph. Delteil 3669.iii/iii (with letters). 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 3/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 220. Published in Le Charivari October 12, 1868. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r. Rivoli 55; lower right: Lith.Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28. Unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; minor scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Europe, personified by a woman, watches students (e.g. political powers) return to an international boarding school. One 'student,' little "Confidence" (Trust) has not returned.
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