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Les Réunions Publiques

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

Satirical print in which an elderly man is shown standing behind a table, speaking and with his right hand raised. To the left is a bearded man, seated and smoking. 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
  • Les Réunions Publiques (assigned by artist)
  • Paris Assiége. Scènes De La Vie Parisienne Pendant Le Siége (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured ;ithograph on paper
Brief description
'Les Réunions Publiques'. Satirical illustration by Jules Renard 'Draner' showing an elderly man, standing behind a table and speaking. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which an elderly man is shown standing behind a table, speaking and with his right hand raised. To the left is a bearded man, seated and smoking. 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
  • 'Paris Assiégé. Au Bureau de L'Eclipse, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris. Imp. Barousse, Paris. Les Réunions Publiques. - Oui, Citoyens, la Philanthropophagie, c'est d-dire la manducation fraternelle de l'homme par l'homme remplacera les vivres absents...Citoyens! mangeons nous les uns les autres.' (Lettered)
  • 'Draner' (Signed)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.601-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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