SOCIÉTÉ CATHOLIQUE DU BAPTÊME ORGANISÉE POUR LE SALUT DES BUVEURS PARISIENS. (Art. Ier). Depuis Rouen jusqu'à Bercy, la Seine sera transformée en Jourdain. "Au nom de la très haute société Mélange, Macaire & Cie, je te baptise Macon vieux, année de la comète, et je fais la queue au public."

Abstract

Four men are observing a fifth man fill up a barrel of wine. All around them are more barrels of wine. Robert Macaire may seem to be a realistic figure; however, one should remember that he is an artificial personality, created in 1823 by Benjamin Antier for his play „ L’Auberge des Adrets“. The breakthrough came in 1834, when Frédéric Lemaitre used the names of Macaire and his somewhat simple partner Serres-Bertrand for his various comedies in Paris.