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Paris Dans Les Caves

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

Print depicting a waiter surprised by the presence of an English couple and their son in a cellar. The man is leaning on an umbrella and holding a traveller's guide. The child is wearing a top hat. 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
  • Paris Dans Les Caves (series title)
  • Comment, Mylord remonte?.. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Comment, Mylord remonte?..' Satirical illustration by B. Colomb ('Moloch') depicting a waiter surprised by the presence of an English couple and their son in a cellar. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Print depicting a waiter surprised by the presence of an English couple and their son in a cellar. The man is leaning on an umbrella and holding a traveller's guide. The child is wearing a top hat. 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 Dans Les Caves (33) Chez Deforet & César, 64, Rue Nve. des Petits Champs. Imp. Talons, 19 Pl. du Mché. St. Honoré' (Lettered)
  • 'Moloch' (Signed)
  • (Lettered with caption)
Object history
This lithograph is from the set entitled 'Paris Dans Les Caves', a series of 39 plates portraying life below ground in Paris during the two sieges.
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.1755-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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