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Souvenir De La Commune Par Léonce Schérer

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Schérer, Léonce (caricaturist)
Barousse (lithographer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Print depicting two soldiers in an interior. One of the soldier is seated by a table and smoking. The other is a drummer, standing, his drum under his arm. On the table are bottles of wine. 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
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Souvenir De La Commune Par Léonce Schérer (series title)
  • Mon Général? faut-il battre la générale (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Mon Général? faut-il battre la générale...' Satirical illustration by Léonce Schérer depicting two soldiers in an interior. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print depicting two soldiers in an interior. One of the soldier is seated by a table and smoking. The other is a drummer, standing, his drum under his arm. On the table are bottles of wine. 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
  • 'Souvenir De La Commune. No.1 Deforet & César, Edit. Rue Nve. des Pet. Champs, 64. Lith. Barousse à Paris.' (Lettered)
  • '- Mon Général? faut-il battre la générale. / - Bats toujours. / - Mais mon général ça deviendrait top général. / - Enfin bats dans tons les quartiers on au diable si tu veux.' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'L Schérer' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Soldiers
Uniform
Drummer
Sword
Drum
Bottles
Wine
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1787-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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