Man drops a book on his child's head, Premier effet d'une edition compact ou morte prematuree d'un apprenti philosophe du 19me siecle (title on object), Caricatures (series title), Musee grotesque (series title on object), In a shoemaker's shop a child in worn clothes sits on the floor reading in the 'Catechisme philosophique', next to him his father stands on a stool. He is in the process of removing the heavy parts of a 'Dictionnaire philosophique' from a shelf, when one of the parts falls on the boy's head. On the left, his mother stretches out her arms in fright; behind her, two prints hang on the wall. print maker: Godisart de Cari, (mentioned on object), after design by: Godisart de Cari, (mentioned on object), publisher: Aaron Martinet, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1814 - 1829, paper, etching, height 212 mm x width 268 mm.