1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print showing a woman, her left breast bare, gesturing with her left hand in front of a crowd of French soldiers. Half of the print is missing: the bottom half of the object is on the reverse of E.1398-1962. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Satirical illustration showing a woman at the head of a crowd of soldiers. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print showing a woman, her left breast bare, gesturing with her left hand in front of a crowd of French soldiers. Half of the print is missing: the bottom half of the object is on the reverse of E.1398-1962. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc. |
| Dimensions | The prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes. |
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| Associated object | E.1398-1962 (Part) |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1399-1962 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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