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Le Gâteu

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

Satirical print in which the Emperor Napoleon III is shown as a young child wearing a bonnet and holding a rattle. On the ground in front of him is a sword and a drum. 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
TitleLe Gâteu
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Gâteu'. Satirical illustration by E. Rosambeau in which the Emperor Napoleon III is depicted as a child with a rattle. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which the Emperor Napoleon III is shown as a young child wearing a bonnet and holding a rattle. On the ground in front of him is a sword and a drum. 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
  • 'Le Gâteu Imprimerie Deplanche. Passage du Caire, 73, Paris. En vente chez Duclaux, 21, Place du Chateau-d'Eau. Depôt chez Madre, 20, Rue du Croissant.' (Lettered)
  • 'E. Rosambeau' (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.434-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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