Amédée de Noé

Charles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham (26 January 1818, Paris – 6 September 1879, Paris), was a French caricaturist and lithographer. Raised by a family who wished for him to attend a polytechnic school, he instead attended painting workshops hosted by Nicolas Charlet and Paul Delaroche and began work as a cartoonist. He eventually took up the pseudonym of "Cham".

French illustrator and caricaturist Amédée de Noé a.k.a. Cham (1818–1879)
A Cham satire on women's fashions

In 1839, he published his first book, Monsieur Lajaunisse, which began a career that would span 40,000 drawings. In 1843, he began to be published in newspapers like Le Charivari, a publication where he was staff for thirty years. Later works included Proudhon en voyage and Histoire comique de l'Assemblée nationale. He wrote a number of comic plays towards the end of his life.

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