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Actualités

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print in which Otto von Bismarck demands the payment of money from the French. The general is show standing on the right, his head disproportionately large, holding a bag of money in his left hand and holding out his right. On the left, a man, presumably the emperor Napoleon III, is shown holding a bill sheet. In the background a German soldier pulls a cart loaded with money. 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
TitleActualités (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
Satirical illustration by B. Colomb ('Moloch') n which Otto von Bismarck demands the payment of money from the French. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which Otto von Bismarck demands the payment of money from the French. The general is show standing on the right, his head disproportionately large, holding a bag of money in his left hand and holding out his right. On the left, a man, presumably the emperor Napoleon III, is shown holding a bill sheet. In the background a German soldier pulls a cart loaded with money. 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
  • 'Actualités. Saillant, Éditeur, R. Du Croissant, 5 & 10. Imp. Barousse Paris Commens, Votre Excellent ne deduis donc pas de ces 3.500.000.000, nos Penduler par Elle enlevéer? Impossible Monsieur, cas ce serais moi en ce Cas [?], qui vous redevrais de l'argeus.' (Lettered)
  • 'Moloch' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.744-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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