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Marrons Sculptés

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print showing a bearded man, standing in front of a mirror, wearing a crown and a robe trimmed with ermine. 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
  • Marrons Sculptés (series title)
  • Le Comte De Paris (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Comte De Paris'. Satirical illustration by 'ED' showing a bearded man, standing in front of a mirror, wearing a crown and a robe trimmed with ermine. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing a bearded man, standing in front of a mirror, wearing a crown and a robe trimmed with ermine. 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.6 Lith. Barousse à Paris. Duclaux, Edr. Place, du Ch. d'Eau. 21. Dépôt: chez Madre, r. du Croissant, 20.' (Lettered)
  • 'Le Comte De Paris / Essayant à l'avance la défroque de l'aieule.' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'ED. avril 71' (Signed with monogram and dated)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Other number
6
Collection
Accession number
E.1585-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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