Sketch
Novel written by Sibylle-Gabrielle-Marie-Antoinette de Riquetti de Mirabeau, comtesse de Martel de Janville, known as Gyp. This drawing had been published in Le Rire n°290 on May 26, 1900 with the title: “Madame de Latude (Gyp) (ou trente-cinq minutes de captivité)”. According to her statement to the police, Gyp was abducted on Friday May 11, 1900, at around 9 p.m. in the rue d'Alésia and taken to a château near a railroad bridge, 500 m above sea level. She was found limping on Saturday at around 3 a.m. in Paris, on the Pont de Bercy, with her clothes in disarray. Unable to verify her story, the police concluded that she was hallucinating. Le Rire's journalist compares the event to that of Monsieur Latude, who was made famous by 35 years of captivity in the castles of Vincennes, the Bastille and Bicêtre for clumsily approaching the Marquise de Pompadour.
