This two-sided tote pairs two satirical illustrations from Cami’s 1917 feature “Charlot correspondant de Guerre” in La Baïonnette. On one side, Charlot receives a registered letter from a uniformed official beneath the line, “Voici une lettre recommandée que je vous apporte” (Here is a registered letter I am delivering to you), a small moment of wartime bureaucracy rendered in Cami’s playful hand.
The reverse side reproduces a companion drawing in which Charlot, flustered and anxious, faces an authority figure ready to give orders. These scenes come from the same 22 March 1917 issue and reflect Cami’s larger project: using Chaplin’s persona to expose the absurdities of military life, wartime paperwork, and the comical posturing of officials. Together, they create a portable archival vignette of early twentieth-century satire.
100% heavy cotton canvas | Flat corners and sewn construction with reinforced stitching
This two-sided tote pairs two satirical illustrations from Cami’s 1917 feature “Charlot correspondant de Guerre” in La Baïonnette. On one side, Charlot receives a registered letter from a uniformed official beneath the line, “Voici une lettre recommandée que je vous apporte” (Here is a registered letter I am delivering to you), a small moment of wartime bureaucracy rendered in Cami’s playful hand.
The reverse side reproduces a companion drawing in which Charlot, flustered and anxious, faces an authority figure ready to give orders. These scenes come from the same 22 March 1917 issue and reflect Cami’s larger project: using Chaplin’s persona to expose the absurdities of military life, wartime paperwork, and the comical posturing of officials. Together, they create a portable archival vignette of early twentieth-century satire.
100% heavy cotton canvas | Flat corners and sewn construction with reinforced stitching
