L'Art d’engraisser et de maigrir à volonté

A single-issue French comic from 1857, published by Martinet, this satirical guide to weight gain and loss is a sharp, humorous artifact of 19th-century visual culture. The work is most closely associated with the prolific caricaturist Amédée de Noé, working under the pseudonym Cham, whose distinctive, lively linework brings the premise to life. It stands as a curious early example of the comic form used for instructional parody, blending social observation with the era's popular fascination with health and bodily transformation.