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Artist/Maker	Colomb, B. (Moloch) (caricaturist) Barousse (printer)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which the German emperor, Wilhelm I, is shown seated, cross-legged, at a table and gesturing to a battle taking place outside. Otto von Bismarck is shown in a black suit, facing the emperor, and leaning with both hands on the table. 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.

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Categories	Prints Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type	Print
Title	Actualités (series title)
Materials and techniques	Hand-coloured lithograph on paper Paper Lithography Hand-Colouring
Brief description	Satirical illustration by B. Colomb ('Moloch') in which the German emperor, Wilhelm I, and Otto von Bismarck are shown in an interior as a battle takes place outside. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description	Satirical print in which the German emperor, Wilhelm I, is shown seated, cross-legged, at a table and gesturing to a battle taking place outside. Otto von Bismarck is shown in a black suit, facing the emperor, and leaning with both hands on the table. 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.
Dimensions	The prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes.
Marks and inscriptions	'Acualités Saillant, Editeur, R. Du Croissant, 5 & 10. Imp. Barousse - Ne trouver vous per [?] M le Chancelur, que cette guerre ne nous sura sapporté que peu [?] de - En effet Sire, peu de Gloire, sans doute.....mais que de pendules....!!!' (Lettered) 'Moloch' (Signed)
Subjects depicted	War Emperor Chancellor Battle Von Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold (Count) Wilhelm I (Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia)
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.745-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029440/actualités-print-colomb-b-moloch/

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