Colin Jones is Professor Emeritus, Queen Mary University of London and Visiting Professor, University of Chicago. He is the author of many books on French history, most recently Versailles (Head of Zeus, 2018) and The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris (Oxford University Press, 2021).

[…] this volume offers a rich analysis of a unique object, sneaking a glimpse into the private life and sense of humour of a family of artists in eighteenth-century Paris, and through them a deeper understanding of the political and cultural happenings that affected the lives of ordinary Parisians.- French Studies

• Colin Jones and Juliet Carey, IntroductionI. The Livre de caricatures and the Saint-AubinsColin Jones and Emily Richardson, 1. Archaeology and materialityJohn Rogister, 2. Decoding the Livre de caricaturesKim de Beaumont, 3. The Saint-Aubins sketching for fun and profitII. Historical perspectivesJohn Shovlin, 4. War, diplomacy and factionJulian Swann, 5. Politics and religionValerie Mainz, 6. Gloire, subversivelyHumphrey Wine, 7. Madame de PompadourIII. Sites of cultureMark Ledbury, 8. Theatrical lifeJames H. Johnson, 9. Musical cultureAileen Ribeiro, 10. Fashioning the feminineKimberly Chrisman-Campbell, 11. Costume books and fashion platesJuliet Carey, 12. The king and his embroidererCharlotte Guichard, 13. Connoisseurship: art and antiquitiesPerrin Stein, 14. Vases and satireIV. ContextsRichard Taws, 15. The precariousness of thingsKatie Scott, 16. Saint-Aubin’s jokes and their relation to...Appendix: form and content analysisList of illustrationsSummariesList of contributorsBibliographyIndex

Colin Jones is Professor Emeritus, Queen Mary University of London and Visiting Professor, University of Chicago. He is the author of many books on French history, most recently Versailles (Head of Zeus, 2018) and The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris (Oxford University Press, 2021).

[…] this volume offers a rich analysis of a unique object, sneaking a glimpse into the private life and sense of humour of a family of artists in eighteenth-century Paris, and through them a deeper understanding of the political and cultural happenings that affected the lives of ordinary Parisians.- French Studies

• Colin Jones and Juliet Carey, IntroductionI. The Livre de caricatures and the Saint-AubinsColin Jones and Emily Richardson, 1. Archaeology and materialityJohn Rogister, 2. Decoding the Livre de caricaturesKim de Beaumont, 3. The Saint-Aubins sketching for fun and profitII. Historical perspectivesJohn Shovlin, 4. War, diplomacy and factionJulian Swann, 5. Politics and religionValerie Mainz, 6. Gloire, subversivelyHumphrey Wine, 7. Madame de PompadourIII. Sites of cultureMark Ledbury, 8. Theatrical lifeJames H. Johnson, 9. Musical cultureAileen Ribeiro, 10. Fashioning the feminineKimberly Chrisman-Campbell, 11. Costume books and fashion platesJuliet Carey, 12. The king and his embroidererCharlotte Guichard, 13. Connoisseurship: art and antiquitiesPerrin Stein, 14. Vases and satireIV. ContextsRichard Taws, 15. The precariousness of thingsKatie Scott, 16. Saint-Aubin’s jokes and their relation to...Appendix: form and content analysisList of illustrationsSummariesList of contributorsBibliographyIndex

Colin Jones is Professor Emeritus, Queen Mary University of London and Visiting Professor, University of Chicago. He is the author of many books on French history, most recently Versailles (Head of Zeus, 2018) and The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris (Oxford University Press, 2021).

[…] this volume offers a rich analysis of a unique object, sneaking a glimpse into the private life and sense of humour of a family of artists in eighteenth-century Paris, and through them a deeper understanding of the political and cultural happenings that affected the lives of ordinary Parisians.- French Studies

• Colin Jones and Juliet Carey, IntroductionI. The Livre de caricatures and the Saint-AubinsColin Jones and Emily Richardson, 1. Archaeology and materialityJohn Rogister, 2. Decoding the Livre de caricaturesKim de Beaumont, 3. The Saint-Aubins sketching for fun and profitII. Historical perspectivesJohn Shovlin, 4. War, diplomacy and factionJulian Swann, 5. Politics and religionValerie Mainz, 6. Gloire, subversivelyHumphrey Wine, 7. Madame de PompadourIII. Sites of cultureMark Ledbury, 8. Theatrical lifeJames H. Johnson, 9. Musical cultureAileen Ribeiro, 10. Fashioning the feminineKimberly Chrisman-Campbell, 11. Costume books and fashion platesJuliet Carey, 12. The king and his embroidererCharlotte Guichard, 13. Connoisseurship: art and antiquitiesPerrin Stein, 14. Vases and satireIV. ContextsRichard Taws, 15. The precariousness of thingsKatie Scott, 16. Saint-Aubin’s jokes and their relation to...Appendix: form and content analysisList of illustrationsSummariesList of contributorsBibliographyIndex