George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection
Print
1817 (published)
1817 (published)
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This was originally published by Pierre Joseph Antoine de la Mésangère (1761-1830), better known by the name of Le Mésangère, as plate number 32 in Le Bon Genre, in his first edition of hand-coloured engravings showing French life and fashion, published in 1817.
It shows an affluent family with traditional New Year's presents or Étrennes. There is a marionette of Polichinelle or Mr. Punch hanging near the baby, and the young boy appears to have been given a soldier's outfit including a helmet and sword. He is collecting the sweets that have fallen onto the floor from his father's pockets.
It shows an affluent family with traditional New Year's presents or Étrennes. There is a marionette of Polichinelle or Mr. Punch hanging near the baby, and the young boy appears to have been given a soldier's outfit including a helmet and sword. He is collecting the sweets that have fallen onto the floor from his father's pockets.
Object details
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| Title | George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Lithograph entitled Les Étrennes- Le Bon Genre, no. 32, Published in 1817 by Pierre Joseph Antoine de la Mésangère (1761-1830) |
| Physical description | Coloured lithograph portraying a family receiving gifts. |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010. |
| Summary | This was originally published by Pierre Joseph Antoine de la Mésangère (1761-1830), better known by the name of Le Mésangère, as plate number 32 in Le Bon Genre, in his first edition of hand-coloured engravings showing French life and fashion, published in 1817. It shows an affluent family with traditional New Year's presents or Étrennes. There is a marionette of Polichinelle or Mr. Punch hanging near the baby, and the young boy appears to have been given a soldier's outfit including a helmet and sword. He is collecting the sweets that have fallen onto the floor from his father's pockets. |
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| Accession number | S.1216-2010 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2010 |
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