La Nouvelle Cène

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Artist/Maker	Mathis, F (caricaturist)
Place of origin	France (printed)

Satirical print showing Napoléon, the Prince Imperial, in a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. The Prince Imperial is seated at the centre of a long table with various members of the French government on either side. 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	Prints Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type	Print
Title	La Nouvelle Cène (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand-coloured lithograph on paper Paper Lithography Hand-Colouring
Brief description	'La Nouvelle Cène'. Satirical illustration by F. Mathis showing Napoléon, the Prince Imperial, in a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description	Satirical print showing Napoléon, the Prince Imperial, in a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. The Prince Imperial is seated at the centre of a long table with various members of the French government on either side. 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.
Marks and inscriptions	'La Nouvelle Cène Nouveau Plan Rie de Troc[h]u d'un tableau à ériger Paris, A. Mordret, r. Poulet, 8.' (Lettered) 'No, 1' (Numbered) 'F. Mathis' (Signed) (Lettered beneath with caption)
Subjects depicted	Table Prince Napoleon, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph The Last Supper
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.515-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029564/la-nouvelle-cène-print-mathis-f/

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