Un Pauvre Petit Trôme, S'il Vous Plaît!
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print showing the French Imperial family. Napoleon III, holding a pair of spectacles to his eyes and a small bag at his right side, is led by a dog into a room with a toilet. The bag is lettered '22 ans de coquineries'. Behind him stands the Empress Eugénie. In the left background is the Prince Imperial, carrying a syringe and a whistle. 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
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| Title | Un Pauvre Petit Trôme, S'il Vous Plaît! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Un Pauvre Petit Trôme, S'il Vous Plaît!'. Satirical print depicting the French Imperial family, with Napoleon III led by a dog into a room with a toilet. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print showing the French Imperial family. Napoleon III, holding a pair of spectacles to his eyes and a small bag at his right side, is led by a dog into a room with a toilet. The bag is lettered '22 ans de coquineries'. Behind him stands the Empress Eugénie. In the left background is the Prince Imperial, carrying a syringe and a whistle. 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 | 'Un Pauvre Petit Trôme, S'il Vous Plaît! Voilà cette pauvre famille Badinguet plaignez la elle n'emporte que quelques petits millions, son bagage est petit, et ne se compose que d'objects de première nécessité et accessoires de voyage. Ce qu'il faut à ces pélerins, c'est un trône quelconque, et Badinguet, le binocle sur l'oeil, cherche à en decouvrir un quelque part. Presses d'arriver sa femme et son fils lui demandent s'il n'apercoit rien << Je ne distingue rien encore, répond-il, mais je crois sentir quelque chose, il me semble que nous approchons du but>>' (Lettered) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. |
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| Accession number | E.452-1962 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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