La Brance d'Oliver (Eugénie); Affiliation de Badinguet

Physical description

The Empress Eugénie looking upwards and carrying a branch in her left hand and a handkerchief in her right. 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

1870-71 (printed)

Artist/maker

Rosambeau, E (Morsabeau) (caricaturist)

Materials and Techniques

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'Affiliation de Badinguet La Branche d'Olivier (Eugénie) Se vend chez Grognet: Imp. Edit r. des Ecoles, 16.'
'2'

Dimensions

Height: 28.2 cm, Width: 18.3 cm

Descriptive line

'La Brance d'Oliver (Eugénie)'. Satirical print showing the Empress Eugénie carrying a branch in her hand, by E. Rosambeau. 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 first entry is as follows:

'18-9
AFFILIATION DE BADINGUET

Rosambeau, E. (‘Morsabeau’)
Plates 18-9 from a series of 10. Each signed Morsebeau.
Lithographs, coloured by hand. Each 11 1/8 x 7¼ in. (28.2 x 18.3 cm.).'

The full text of the second entry is as follows:

'19
LA BRANCHE D’OLIVIER
(Eugénie)

Lettered Se vend chez Grognet, Imp. Edit. R. des Ecoles, 16.
Numbered I. E.272-1962

The Emperor and Empress carry plants which symbolize their infidelity. Tales of debauchery and illicit relationships emanated from the pleasure-loving court of the Second Empire. Napoleon’s carnal weaknesses were public knowledge and many of the rumours concerning his succession of mistresses, including Marguerite Bellanger, to which this caricature refers, were true. Those relating to the beautiful Eugénie were based on her informal and flirtatious manner, and were nurtured by her enemies even amongst the Bonapartes (pl. 6). In fact the Empress is said to have been frigid. The stories of her adultery with Ollivier, the theme of this caricature, and with her other ministers, are false.'

NB: The 'pl. 6' referred to above is V&A object E.283-1962.
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

E Rosambeau "Morsabeau"

The Empress carries a plant which symbolizes her supposed adultery with Émile Ollivier.

Lithograph, coloured by hand.
From a series of 10. E.272-1962 [27/05/1971-10/10/1971]

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Lithography; Hand colouring

Subjects depicted

Plant; The Empress Eugenie

Categories

Prints; Caricatures & Cartoons

Collection code

PDP