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Le Poupon A La Mère Guillaume

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

Satricial print in which the German Emperor Wilhelm I is depicted as a woman breast feeding a baby with the features of the French Emperor Napoleon III. 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
TitleLe Poupon A La Mère Guillaume (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Poupon A La Mère Guillaume'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit showing the Germany Emperor Wilhelm I as a woman breast feeding the French Emperor Napoleon III. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satricial print in which the German Emperor Wilhelm I is depicted as a woman breast feeding a baby with the features of the French Emperor Napoleon III. 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
  • 'Le Poupon A La Mère Guillaume, Par Alfred Le Petit Supplément Du Journal La Charge. - No. 9. Se vend chez Duclaux, 21, place du Château-d'Eau. - Dépôt chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant. Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp.' (Lettered)
  • (Lettered beneath with dialogue)
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.464-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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