La Ménagerie Impériale

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Artist/Maker	Coulboeuf (printer) Hadol (caricaturist)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Satirical print with a depiction of Georges-Eugène Haussmann as a beaver holding a trowel, with Paris in the left background and a tombstone to the right. 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.

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Categories	Caricatures & Cartoons Prints
Object type	Print
Titles	La Ménagerie Impériale (series title) Haussmann Le Castor (Activité Lucre) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand-coloured lithograph on paper Lithography Hand-Colouring
Brief description	'Haussmann Le Castor (Activité Lucre)'. Satirical illustration by Paul Hadol with a depiction of Georges-Eugène Haussmann as a beaver. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description	Satirical print with a depiction of Georges-Eugène Haussmann as a beaver holding a trowel, with Paris in the left background and a tombstone to the right. 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	'La Ménagerie Impériale. Haussmann Le Castor (Activité Lucre) Au Bureau des Annonces, 11, rue Taitbout. Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris.' (Lettered) 'No.8' (Numbered) 'Cimetière de Nerac' (Lettered on the tombstone)
Subjects depicted	Beaver Trowel Tombstone Haussmann, Georges-Eugène
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.289-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029487/la-ménagerie-impériale-print-coulboeuf/

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