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Gonge Definitif

Print
1870 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print showing the Emperor Napoleon III in a green overcoat and bicorne har, carrying a yellow umbrella in his left hand and a bundle over his right shoulder. A crown and sceptre protrude from the bundle and a miniature throne falls to the ground. Following behind is an eagle, his head hanging in shame. 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
TitleGonge Definitif (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Gonge Definitif'. Satirical broadhseet with an illustration of a shabbily dressed Napoleon III carrying an umbrella and bundle. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing the Emperor Napoleon III in a green overcoat and bicorne har, carrying a yellow umbrella in his left hand and a bundle over his right shoulder. A crown and sceptre protrude from the bundle and a miniature throne falls to the ground. Following behind is an eagle, his head hanging in shame. 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
'Gonge Definitif Au nom de la Republique Française' (Lettered with title, caption and text)
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.368-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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