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Souvenirs De La Commune Par Léonce Schérer

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting a group of drunken soldiers in an interior. On the ground to the right is an open book, lettered 'Etats Civils'. 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
  • Souvenirs De La Commune Par Léonce Schérer (series title)
  • V'la comme nous comprenons les affaires de la Patrie (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'V'la comme nous comprenons les affaires de la Patrie...' Satirical illustration by Léonce Schérer depicting a group of drunken soldiers in an interior. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print depicting a group of drunken soldiers in an interior. On the ground to the right is an open book, lettered 'Etats Civils'. 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
  • 'Souvenirs De La Commune. No.7 Deforet & César, Edit. Rue Nve. des Petits Champs, 64 Lith. Barousse à Paris.' (Lettered)
  • 'V'la comme nous comprenons les affaires de la Patrie, nous / A bas les riches ce sont des soiffeurs, que tout le monde s'amuse et nous / aussi. _ Vive la Commune!.......' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'L Schérer' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1793-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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