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Print

1870-1871 (printed)
Place of origin

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
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Brief description
Print, one of 2235 caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations relating to Napoleon III, the Imperial Family, the fall of the Second Empire, the Siege of Paris and the Commune, by various artists, 1870-1871. Lithographs and etchings, mostly coloured by hand, in ten volumes.
Physical description
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.
Marks and inscriptions
(Most prints in this set are lettered with the names of artists and printers and have captions)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.559-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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