En 1870
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print with a depiction of Napoleon III with the lower body of a pig, clutching a bag of money to his breast. The emperor is wearing uniform with epaulettes and a hat and leaning on a cane. 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.
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Title | En 1870 (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
Brief description | 'En 1870'. Satirical illustration by De Frondat of Napoleon III with the lower body of a pig. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
Physical description | Satirical print with a depiction of Napoleon III with the lower body of a pig, clutching a bag of money to his breast. The emperor is wearing uniform with epaulettes and a hat and leaning on a cane. 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. |
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Gallery label | Napoléon Charles Louis De Frondat (born 1846)
Napoleon III, clutching a bag of money to his breast, declares with a smirk that the Prussians have provoked the French enough.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.341-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
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Accession number | E.341-1962 |
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Record created | January 27, 2009 |
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