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L'Auguste Guillaume Et Son Auguste Augusta

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

Satirical print in which the German Emperor Wilhelm I takes leave of his wife, the Empress Augusta. The Emperor has the ears of an ass, his legs and feet are bare, and on his head is an overturned chamber pot with the German imperial eagle on it; at his feet is a lap-dog. The Empress is dressed in medieval costume. In the right background is a cage containing a bird with the head of Napoleon III; the cage has the words 'Jacquot III' written on it. 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
TitleL'Auguste Guillaume Et Son Auguste Augusta (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'L'Auguste Guillaume Et Son Auguste Augusta'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit showing the German Emperor Wilhelm I taking leave of the Empress Augusta. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which the German Emperor Wilhelm I takes leave of his wife, the Empress Augusta. The Emperor has the ears of an ass, his legs and feet are bare, and on his head is an overturned chamber pot with the German imperial eagle on it; at his feet is a lap-dog. The Empress is dressed in medieval costume. In the right background is a cage containing a bird with the head of Napoleon III; the cage has the words 'Jacquot III' written on it. 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
  • 'L'Auguste Guillaume Et Son Auguste Augusta Par Alfred Le Petit. - Supplément Du Journal La Charge No.8 Se vend chez Duclaux, 21, place du Château-d'Eau. - Dépôt chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant. Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp.' (Lettered)
  • (Lettered beneath with dialogue)
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.463-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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