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Grand Arrivage De Laids Conservés

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

Satirical illustration depicting Emile Ollivier and Emile de Girardin in glass jars. 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
TitleGrand Arrivage De Laids Conservés (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Grand Arrivage De Laids Conservés'. Satirical illustration depicting Emile Ollivier and Emile de Girardin in glass jars. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical illustration depicting Emile Ollivier and Emile de Girardin in glass jars. 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
  • 'Grand Arrivage De Laids Convervés Dépôt chez Deforet & César, Edit, Rue. Nve. [?] des Petits Champs, 64 Lith. Barousse, à Paris. (Nota) Ces Laids tournent facilement suivant la température et les Régimes.' (Lettered)
  • 'Xiat H.' (Signed)
  • 'S.G.D.G. Emile De Girardin Emile Ollivier' (Lettered within design)
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.1293-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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