Mon Enterrement

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Artist/Maker	ED (caricaturist) Van Geleyn (printer)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Satirical print depicting a funeral procession and hearse. The coffin on the carriage is open and the corpse cocks a snook at the mourners behind. 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
Title	Mon Enterrement (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand-coloured lithograph on paper Paper Lithography Hand-Colouring
Brief description	'Mon Enterrement'. Satirical illustration by 'ED' depicting a funeral procession and hearse. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description	Satirical print depicting a funeral procession and hearse. The coffin on the carriage is open and the corpse cocks a snook at the mourners behind. 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	'Mon Enterrement. Duclaux, Edr. Place du Ch. d'Eau, 21. Lith, Van Geleyn à Paris. La conduite au cimetière.' (Lettered) 'ED' (Signed with monogram)
Subjects depicted	Death Carriage Horse Funeral Hearse Corpse Coffin
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.1411-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029583/mon-enterrement-print-ed/

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