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Marrons Sculptés

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

Satirical print showing Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot, his eyes closed and resting on a table with a plan of Paris. He is comforted by a skeleton. 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)
  • Ducrot, dit Trompe la mort... (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Ducrot, dit Trompe la mort...' Satirical illustration by 'ED' showing Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot, his eyes closed and resting on a table with a plan of Paris. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot, his eyes closed and resting on a table with a plan of Paris. He is comforted by a skeleton. 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.5 Lith. Barousse à Paris Duclaux, Editr. Pl. du Ch. d'Eau, 21. Dépôt chez Madre, r. du Croissant, 20' (Lettered)
  • 'Mort Ou Victorieux Ducrot' (Lettered within design)
  • 'Ducrot, dit Trompe la mort, et sa fiancée. Ducrot, rêvsnt Oui je les chatierai ces misérables insurgés j'y entrerai dans Paris. La Mort, venant s'asseoir près de lui:__Et ta promesse vieux lâcheur!.' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'ED. avril 71' (Signed with monogram and dated)
Subjects depicted
Skeleton
General
Uniform
Laurel
Map
Death
Ducrot (General)
Place depicted
Paris
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Other number
5
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1584-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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