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Le Poire
Le Petit, Alfred, born 1841 - died 1909 - Enlarge image
Le Poire
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Paris (printed)
- Date:
1871 (printed)
- Artist/Maker:
Le Petit, Alfred, born 1841 - died 1909 (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (printer) - Materials and Techniques:
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
- Museum number:
E.1622-1962
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case GG, shelf 205
Physical description
Print in which Adolphe Thiers is depicted with the body and head of a pear. Thiers is holding a larger pear which has the face of Louis Philippe I, predecessor of Napoleon III. On the shelf in the background are various other pears with the faces of statesmen. 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.
Place of Origin
Paris (printed)
Date
1871 (printed)
Artist/maker
Le Petit, Alfred, born 1841 - died 1909 (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (printer)
Materials and Techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Marks and inscriptions
'Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour. Le Poire 17 Au Bureau de L'Eclipse, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris'
Lettered
'Alfred Le Petit / Paris 14 Fevrier 1871.'
Signed and dated
Lettered with caption and name of subject
Descriptive line
'Le Poire'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit in which Adolphe Thiers is depicted with the body and head of a pea and holding a larger pear which has the face of Louis Philippe I. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Materials
Paper
Techniques
Lithography; Hand-colouring
Subjects depicted
Pears; Politician; Emperor
Categories
Caricatures & Cartoons; Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
