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Nous nous partagerons mon Maitre...

Print
March 1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting Adolphe Thiers as a lizard, striking a match and setting fire to a group of figures who are standing inside a female head representing France. 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

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Nous nous partagerons mon Maitre... (assigned by artist)
  • La Lampion (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Nous nous partagerons mon Maitre...' Satirical illustration by Emile Evrard depicting Adolphe Thiers as a lizard, striking a match and setting fire to a group of figures who are standing inside a female head representing France. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print depicting Adolphe Thiers as a lizard, striking a match and setting fire to a group of figures who are standing inside a female head representing France. 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.
DimensionsThe prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mars 1871 Prix, 10c No.5 Le Lampion Nous...Par E.E. E. Carayon Libraire Edit & Imp 36 Rue de Belleville Paris.' (Lettered)
  • 'E.E.' (Signed)
  • (Lettered with caption)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan. The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71. catalogue of a collection of prints in the possession of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1949-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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