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Badinguet Au Pilori

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

Satirical print showing Napoleon I in coronation robes, holding a sword of state marked 'Gloire et Despotisme Double Invasion' and with a heart on a chain around his neck marked 'Roi de Rome'; behind him is an eagle on a cloud. On the left is Napoleon III, his head hung in shame, with balls and chains attached to his feet. Behind him is an eagle, chained to a post and weeping. Beneath the caricatures are the captions 'Napoleon Le Grand!!' and 'Napoléon Le Petit'. The costume of Napoleon III is lettered with the following words: 'Invasion No.III / 2Xbre 1851 / Mouchards / Cayenne / Wilhelmsoehe 1871. / Policiers / Lambessa / Corruption / Mexique / Voleur Assassin / Le Rhin.....à Reculons L'Empire C'est La Paix'. Each of the balls around Napoleon III's feet are lettered: 'Boulogne / Strasbourg / Vol Des 25,000,000 Banque De France / Sedan'. To the right is a post with 'Toulon' written on it. 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
TitleBadinguet Au Pilori (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Badinguet Au Pilori'. Satirical print showing Napoleon I holding a sword of state and Napoleon III hanging his head in shame. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Napoleon I in coronation robes, holding a sword of state marked 'Gloire et Despotisme Double Invasion' and with a heart on a chain around his neck marked 'Roi de Rome'; behind him is an eagle on a cloud. On the left is Napoleon III, his head hung in shame, with balls and chains attached to his feet. Behind him is an eagle, chained to a post and weeping. Beneath the caricatures are the captions 'Napoleon Le Grand!!' and 'Napoléon Le Petit'. The costume of Napoleon III is lettered with the following words: 'Invasion No.III / 2Xbre 1851 / Mouchards / Cayenne / Wilhelmsoehe 1871. / Policiers / Lambessa / Corruption / Mexique / Voleur Assassin / Le Rhin.....à Reculons L'Empire C'est La Paix'. Each of the balls around Napoleon III's feet are lettered: 'Boulogne / Strasbourg / Vol Des 25,000,000 Banque De France / Sedan'. To the right is a post with 'Toulon' written on it. 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
  • 'Badinguet Au Pilori Déposé Bruxelles - Max Desi [?], éditeur' (Lettered)
  • (Lettered beneath with verse)
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.500-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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