Qui va a la chasse....perd sa place.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1909
This object is a French postcard titled "Qui va a la chasse....perd sa place." created by artist Xavier Sager in 1909. Made of card using hand-coloured photogravure, the individual postcard measures approximately 9 cm in height by 14 cm in width.
The finely detailed scene depicts a bedroom interior where a man dressed in a tartan check hunting suit holding a gun discovers a startled nude woman kneeling on a bed. Alongside them, another man looks up while either removing or putting on his clothes. The surrounding walls are decorated with classical-style paintings depicting nude men and women. At the bottom recto, the postcard bears the printed French inscription 'Qui va á la chasse...perd sa place.'
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
This card forms part of the Milford Haven Collection of 442 French, Italian, and German postcards dating from the early twentieth century. Mounted across three bound albums, the collection was once owned by a member of the Milford Haven family before being acquired in 1960 by E.J. Dingwell.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Handcoloured photogravure
- Dimensions
- Height (album): 25.8 cm; Width (album): 21 cm; Depth (album): 7 cm; Height (card): 9 cm; Width (card): 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Text and label on album cover; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'PostCards / THE MILFORD HAVEN COLLECTION OF POST CARDS / SECTION I - SECTION VI. SECTION IX. / SECTIONS 1 - 6.9 / Numbers 1-35/ " 72 - 120 / " 148 - 153 / " 163 - 184 / " 205 - 227 / " 250 - 313 / " 350 - 412'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: printed, bottom rector postcard; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'Qui va á la chasse...perd sa place.'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: He who goes on the hunt....loses his place; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Maker recorded
- Sager, Xavier
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Qui va a la chasse....perd sa place.
- Museum object number
- E.523:12-2001
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.