Punch à Paris

A satirical comic series from the Parisian journal Bureau du Charivari, Punch à Paris ran for six issues starting in 1850, offering a French take on the classic Punch character. The series is most closely associated with the caricaturist Amédée de Noé, who worked under the pen name Cham as both its primary writer and artist. It stands as a sharp, mid-19th-century example of French humor and political cartooning, capturing the era’s wit through a single, recurring figure.