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L'Eglantine

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Le Petit, Alfred (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Print in which Victor Hugo is depicted as a wild rose, with his forehead formed from the moon. In the foreground Napoleon III, depicted as an amphibious creature, is struck by a lightning bolt as a deathly shadow hovers nearby. 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
  • L'Eglantine (assigned by artist)
  • Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'L'Eglantine'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit in which Victor Hugo is depicted as a wild rose, with his forehead formed from the moon. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print in which Victor Hugo is depicted as a wild rose, with his forehead formed from the moon. In the foreground Napoleon III, depicted as an amphibious creature, is struck by a lightning bolt as a deathly shadow hovers nearby. 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
  • 'Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour. L'Eglantine 30 Au Bureau de L'Eclipse, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris' (Lettered)
  • 'Alfred Le Petit / 22 Mars 1871.'' (Signed and dated)
  • 'M.P. Tirard / -Aux ânes de la République / Foulant mon pré municipal, / Je dis: -qui s'y frotte, s'y pique! / Je suis un Chardon radical!’ (Lettered with caption)
Subjects depicted
Flower
Moon
Lightning
Shadow
Crown
Napoleon III
Hugo, Victor
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.1635-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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