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Marrons Sculptés

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
ED (caricaturist)
Barousse (lithographer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print showing Jules Ferry in Ottoman costume, seated at a dining table laden with food. In the background are two servants holding plates of food. 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
  • Marrons Sculptés (series title)
  • Ville De Paris (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Ville De Paris'. Satirical illustration by 'ED' showing Jules Ferry in Ottoman costume, seated at a dining table laden with food. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Jules Ferry in Ottoman costume, seated at a dining table laden with food. In the background are two servants holding plates of food. 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
  • 'Marrons Sculptés. No.8 Lith. Barousse, à Paris Duclaux, Edr. Pl. du Ch. d'Eau, 21.' (Lettered)
  • 'Ville De Paris. Il ne sera plus délivré par personne que trente grammes de cheval et trois cents grammes de pain noir. / Le Pacha, / J. Ferry.' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'ED' (Signed with monogram)
Subjects depicted
Turban
Table
Wine
Food
Servants
Ferry, Jules
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Other number
8
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1587-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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