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| Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph |
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(shärl zhôz f´ trävy s´ d v l r´) (KEY) , 180459, French caricaturist and painter, b. Switzerland. He founded and was a prolific contributor to the popular journal Charivari (1831) and drew for Caricature (1838). His witty burlesques of Parisian life were very popular. He helped to illustrate Balzacs works (184855). |
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