ÉMILE OLLIVIER: LE SERPENT (Bassesse-Duplicite)
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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'ÉMILE OLLIVIER: LE SERPENT (Bassesse-Duplicite)'. Lithograph, coloured by hand; Emile Ollivier depicted as a serpent. Signed H.
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.
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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| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Paris Commune print; 'ÉMILE OLLIVIER: LE SERPENT (Bassesse-Duplicite)'; Lithograph, coloured by hand; Emile Ollivier depicted as a serpent; Hadol, Paul; France; 1870-71. |
| Physical description | 'ÉMILE OLLIVIER: LE SERPENT (Bassesse-Duplicite)'. Lithograph, coloured by hand; Emile Ollivier depicted as a serpent. Signed H. 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 | On Napoleon’s election as President, Emile Ollivier (1825-1913) resigned from the French Government. In 1857 he was elected to the Corps Législatif, where he strongly opposed the Imperial regime. When during the 1860s his attitude to Republicanism changed and he gave his support to the Empire many of the left-wing felt betrayed. Late in 1869 he formed the Liberal Government at Napoleon’s request. When news of the first disasters of the Franco-Prussian War reached Paris, his cabinet was driven from office and Ollivier sought refuge in Italy. He did not return to France until 1873.(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Object history | From a series of thirty-two prints entitled 'LA MÉNAGERIE IMPÉRIALE'. Provenance unknown. |
| Historical context | On Napoleon’s election as President, Emile Ollivier (1825-1913) resigned from the French Government. In 1857 he was elected to the Corps Législatif, where he strongly opposed the Imperial regime. When during the 1860s his attitude to Republicanism changed and he gave his support to the Empire many of the left-wing felt betrayed. Late in 1869 he formed the Liberal Government at Napoleon’s request. When news of the first disasters of the Franco-Prussian War reached Paris, his cabinet was driven from office and Ollivier sought refuge in Italy. He did not return to France until 1873. |
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| Accession number | E.920-1962 |
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| Record created | January 27, 2009 |
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