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La Ménagerie Impériale

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

Satirical print with a depiction of Fleury as a sea-horse. 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
Titles
  • La Ménagerie Impériale (series title)
  • Fleury Le Cheval Marin (Chair et Poisson) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Fleury Le Cheval Marin (Chair et Poisson)'. Satirical illustration by Paul Hadol with a depiction of Fleury as a sea-horse.
Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print with a depiction of Fleury as a sea-horse. 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.
DimensionsMost prints in this set are lettered with the names of artists and printers and have captions.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'La Ménagerie Impériale. Fleury Le Cheval Marin (Chair et Poisson) Au Bureau des Annonces, 11, rue Taitbout Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris.' (Lettered)
  • 'No.18' (Numbered)
  • 'H' (Signed)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.299-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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