Vingt Ans Après
Print
1870 (printed)
1870 (printed)
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Satirical print showing Napoleon III leaning on crutches, carrying a broken drum on his back and wearing the bicorne hat of his ancestor Napoleon Bonaparte. To the right is a bedraggled eagle, leading the way, wearing glasses and smoking a cigarette.. 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
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Title | Vingt Ans Après (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
Brief description | 'Vingt Ans Après'. Satirical illustration by E. G. Pepin showing Napoleon III with crutches and wearing the hat of his ancestor, Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph, France, 1870. |
Physical description | Satirical print showing Napoleon III leaning on crutches, carrying a broken drum on his back and wearing the bicorne hat of his ancestor Napoleon Bonaparte. To the right is a bedraggled eagle, leading the way, wearing glasses and smoking a cigarette.. 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. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.383-1962 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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