A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PAINTED WOOD BOARD FIGURE OF SAPEUR CAMEMBER the flat board figure raised on a rectangular plinth base, the reverse painted to show his back, 131cm high Sapeur Camember is a character in Les Facéties du sapeur Camember, a cartoon strip created by Christophe and published in Le Petit Français illustré between 1890 and 1896.