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Le Lampion

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print showing a map of France with a caricature of General Trochu and other scenes imposed on it. 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
  • Le Lampion (series title)
  • Le Plan Trochu (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Plan Trochu'. Satirical illustration by Emile Evrard showing a map of France with a caricature of General Trochu and other scenes imposed on it. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Print showing a map of France with a caricature of General Trochu and other scenes imposed on it. 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
  • 'Le Lampion No.1 E. Carayon, Libraire Edit et Imp. En vente Rue du Croissant, 6 36, Rue des Belleville Paris / Le Plan Trochu.' (Lettered)
  • 'E.E.' (Signed)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1945-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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