Pierre Bonaparte Le Sanglier (Sauvagerie-Brutalité); La Ménagerie Impériale

Physical description

Satirical print with a depiction of Pierre Bonaparte as a boar carrying pistols. 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.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (printed)

Date

1870-1871 (printed)

Artist/maker

Hadol, Paul, born 1835 - died 1875 (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'La Ménagerie Impériale. Pierre Bonaparte Le Sanglier (Sauvagerie-Brutalité) Au Bureau des Annonces, 11, rue Taitbout. / Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris.'
'No. 6'
'H'

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm, Width: 12 cm

Historical context note

Pierre Bonaparte (1815-81), a republican, was deserted by his republican friends when he was reconciled with the Empire. He lost all political significance and wallowed in a life of debauchery. The caricature refers to an incident which brought him into the limelight in January 1870. As a result of a controversy in the press Paschel Grousset (pl. 116) sent two journalists to challenge him to a duel; during a heated discussion the Prince shot one of them. When the High Court acquitted him of murder the Government was severely criticized.

Descriptive line

'Pierre Bonaparte Le Sanglier (Sauvagerie-Brutalité)'. Satirical illustration by Paul Hadol with a depiction of Pierre Bonaparte as a boar carrying pistols. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Lambert, Susan. The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71. catalogue of a collection of prints in the possession of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971.
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'10
PIERRE BONAPARTE
LE SANGLIER (Sauvagerie-Brutalité)

Numbered No. 6 E.287-1962

Pierre Bonaparte (1815-81), a republican, was deserted by his republican friends when he was reconciled with the Empire. He lost all political significance and wallowed in a life of debauchery. The caricature refers to an incident which brought him into the limelight in January 1870. As a result of a controversy in the press Paschel Grousset (pl. 116) sent two journalists to challenge him to a duel; during a heated discussion the Prince shot one of them. When the High Court acquitted him of murder the Government was severely criticized.'
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
The full text of the entry is as follows:
"'FAUSTIN' (pseudonym of Faustin BETBEDER) (born 1847), and other Artists
Caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations (2235) relating to Napoleon III, the Imperial Family, the fall of the Second Empire, the Siege of Paris and the Commune, by 'Faustin' and other artists, 1870-1. In 10 volumes, each half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
Many lettered with names of artists and printers and with captions.
Lithographs, etchings, mostly coloured by hand. Various sizes
E.43-2277-1962
Among the artists represented in this collection are:
ANDRIEUX, Clément Augustue (1829-1880)
BALLIN, Auguste (born 1842)
BAR, G. (1807-post 1870)
BEAUVERIE, Charles Joseph (1839-1924)
'BERTALL' (pseudonym of Albert d'ARNOUX) (1820-1882)
BOUTET, Henri (1851-c.1920)
'CHAM' (pseudonym of Amédée Charles Henri, Comte de NOÉ) (1819-1879)
CHOUBRAC, Alfred (1853-1902)
COINDRE, Victor (born 1816)
DAUMIER, Honoré (1808-1879)
DAUMONT, Émile Florentin (1834-c.1904)
DEMARE, Henri (1846-1888)
'DRANER' (pseudonym of Jules RENARD) (1833-1898)
FRONDAT, Napoléon Charles Louis de (born 1846)
'GÉDÉON' (pseudonym of Gédéon BARIL) (born 1832) '
'GILL', André (pseudonym of Louis Alexandre GOSSET) (1840-1885)
HADOL, Paul (1835-1875)
HUMBERT, Albert (1835-1886)
'JOB' (pseudonym of Jacques Marie ONFRAY de Bréville) (1858-1931)
KLENK, Paul (born 1844)
LADREYT, Eugène (born 1832)
LALANNE, Maxime (1827-1886)
LE PETIT, Alfred (1841-1909)
LEVY, Alphonse Jacques (1843-1918)
MAILLY, Hippolyte (born 1829)
'MARTIAL' (pseudonym of Adolphe Martial POTÉMONT) (1828-1883)
'MOLOCH' (pseudonym of B. COLOMB) (1849-1909)
'MONTBARD' (pseudonym Charles Auguste LOYE) (1842-1905)
MORLAND, Valère Alphonse (born 1846)
MOYSE, Édouard (born 1827)
'PÉPIN' (pseudonym of Georges LABADIE) (1844-1918)
PIERDON, Francois (1821-1904)
'PILOTELL' (pseudonym of Georges LABADIE) (1844-1918)
REGAMEY, Félix Élie (1844-1907)
ROCHEBRUNE, Octave Guillaume de (1824-1900)
SCHÉRER, Léonce (1827-1876)
SCHOMMER, François (1850-1935)
'TELLIAP' (pseudonym of (?) Fernand PAILLET) (1850-1918)
VERNIER, Charles (1831-1887)
VEYRASSAT, Jules Jacques (1828-1893)
YON, Edmond Charles Joseph (1836-1897)"

Exhibition History

The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71 (Victoria and Albert Museum 27/05/1971-10/10/1971)

Labels and date

Paul Hadol (1835-75)

Napoleon Bonaparte (1822-91), commonly known as Prince Napoleon or by the nickname Plon-Plon, looked like his uncle Napoleon I. He professed himself the representative of the democratic aspects of Bonapartism and was strongly opposed to the coup d’état of 1851 yet he was reconciled with the Imperial family.

Pierre Bonaparte, nicknamed the wild boar, was deserted by his republican friends when he was reconciled with the Empire. In January 1870 he was brough into the limelight. As a result of a controversy in the press two journalists were sent to challenge him to a duel; during a heated discussion the Prince shot one of them. When the High Court acquitted him of murder the Government was severely criticized.

Mathilde Bonaparte, sister of Prince Napoleon, was betrothed to her cousin Louis-Napoleon until his unsuccessful invasion of France at Strasbourg in 1836. She acted as Napoleon’s hostess until his marriage. Her salons were frequented by artists and writers including Taine, Flaubert and the Goncourts.

Eugène Rouher held posts of increasing importance in Napoleon's Government until he became Minister of State in 1863. During the following six years he defended the Emperor's personal powers and opposed the liberal concessions. When they became inevitable he resigned. This caricature plays on the obvious interpretations of 'perroquet', either a parrot or someone who speaks without thinking and also on the phrase 'étrangler un perroquet', to drink a glass of absinthe.

Lithographs, coloured by hand. From a series of 32. E.285-288-1962 [27/05/1971-10/10/1971]

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Lithography; Hand-colouring

Subjects depicted

Caricatures; Wild boar; Pistols; Bonaparte, Pierre

Categories

Prints

Collection code

PDP