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Le Narcisse

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print in which Jules Ferry is shown standing before a mirror. In his reflection he is shown standing on top of a stick decorated with flowers. A sign marked 'Dusautoy Tailleur' is hanging from the tails of Ferry's coat. 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 Narcisse (assigned by artist)
  • Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Narcisse'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit in which Jules Ferry is shown standing before a mirror. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print in which Jules Ferry is shown standing before a mirror. In his reflection he is shown standing on top of a stick decorated with flowers. A sign marked 'Dusautoy Tailleur' is hanging from the tails of Ferry's coat. 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. Le Narcisse 10 Au Bureau de L'Eclipse, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris' (Lettered)
  • 'Alfred Le Petit / Paris 27 Janv. 1871' (Signed and dated)
  • (Lettered with caption and name of subject)
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.1615-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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