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La Mére Thier par Faustin

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

Satirical print showing Adolphe Thiers as an old woman wearing a bonnet and shawl. He is holding a box in his right hand labelled 'Malices' and a bundle in his left hand labelled 'Fil Blanc'. 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
TitleLa Mére Thier par Faustin (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'La Mére Thier par Faustin'. Satirical illustration by Faustin Betbeder showing Adolphe Thiers as an old woman wearing a bonnet and shawl. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Adolphe Thiers as an old woman wearing a bonnet and shawl. He is holding a box in his right hand labelled 'Malices' and a bundle in his left hand labelled 'Fil Blanc'. 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
  • 'La Mére Thier par Faustin. En Vente chez. Châtelain, 13, R. du Croissant Lith. Lemaine et Fils, 61, r. de Cléry, Paris.' (Lettered)
  • 'Enfin ca y est? c'te pauvre fille de Republique, j'y a trouvé un bien brave homme!... le comte de Paris.' (Lettered with caption)
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.1151-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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