Les Communeux par H. Nérac

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Artist/Maker	Jailly (printer) Xiat, H (caricaturist)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Satirical print showing Louis Charles Delescluze riding on a donkey. Delescluze is shown bare-chested, a clock hanging from a ribbon round his neck and holding a lance in his right hand. In the right background is a windmill. 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	Les Communeux par H. Nérac (series title) Le Délégué Civil - Delescluze (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand-coloured lithograph on paper Paper Lithography Hand-Colouring
Brief description	'Le Délégué Civil - Delescluze'. Satirical illustration by H. Xiat (H. Nérac) showing Louis Charles Delescluze riding on a donkey. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description	Satirical print showing Louis Charles Delescluze riding on a donkey. Delescluze is shown bare-chested, a clock hanging from a ribbon round his neck and holding a lance in his right hand. In the right background is a windmill. 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.
Copy number	2
Marks and inscriptions	'No.2 Les Communeux par H. Nérac. Le Délégué Civil - Delescluze. Jailly Dessinr. Impr. Editr. 7 et 9 Rue Oberkampf. Paris. Dépôt chez Deforet et César, 64 Rue Neuve [?] des Petits Champs. Tirage special sur papier de luxe pour les amateurs Plus D'Etats-Majors Galonnés......' (Lettered) 'H. Nérac' (Signed)
Subjects depicted	Donkey Windmill Clock Lance Delescluze, Louis Charles
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.1448-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029546/les-communeux-par-h-nérac-print-xiat-h/

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