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Agonie De La Commune

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (caricaturist)
Talons (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print showing three Communards by a wall. One of them is standing on the left; one is sitting on the wall, and the other is reclining against the wall. 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
  • Agonie De La Commune (series title)
  • Eh bien, tas de Faignans, comment allez vous becqueter à présent?... (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Eh bien, tas de Faignans, comment allez vous becqueter à présent?...' Satirical illustration showing showing three Communards by a wall. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing three Communards by a wall. One of them is standing on the left; one is sitting on the wall, and the other is reclining against the wall. 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.
Copy number
10
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Agonie De La Commune. (10) Chez Deforet et Cesar Rue Nve des Petits champs 64 Imp. Talons.' (Lettered)
  • '- Eh bien, tas de Faignans, comment allez vous becqueter à présent? / Et la popotte à la porte des Casernes, donc! / - Oui, des Nèfles, faudra turbiner, ou..à l'ombre.' (Lettered with caption)
Subjects depicted
Soldiers
Uniform
Rifle
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1462-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029419/agonie-de-la-commune-print-unknown/
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