Une Querelle Dans Le Ménage. Ah! pendard..... vous recevez des letters de cocottes...
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print showing the Empress Eugénie taking her husband, Napoleon III, by the nose as she burns two letters from his mistress with a candle. The letters read 'mon empreur mon prince ton enfant se porte bien mouchy sera contente Bellanger' and 'mon gros chien ta femme est une vielle bête si elle net e laisse pas sortir ce soir. je t’attends Marguerite Bellanger'. 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.
Object details
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| Title | Une Querelle Dans Le Ménage. Ah! pendard..... vous recevez des letters de cocottes... (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Une Querelle Dans Le Ménage. Ah! pendard..... vous recevez des letters de cocottes...'. Satirical print showing the Empress Eugénie taking her husband, Napoleon III, by the nose. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print showing the Empress Eugénie taking her husband, Napoleon III, by the nose as she burns two letters from his mistress with a candle. The letters read 'mon empreur mon prince ton enfant se porte bien mouchy sera contente Bellanger' and 'mon gros chien ta femme est une vielle bête si elle net e laisse pas sortir ce soir. je t’attends Marguerite Bellanger'. 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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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Une Querelle Dans Le Ménage. Ah! pendard..... vous recevez des letters de cocottes... Imp. Coulboeuf a Paris.' (Title, lettered above design.) |
| Gallery label | Anonymous
The domineering Empress takes her husband by the nose as she burns two letters from Marguerite Bellanger.
Lithograph. E.333-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Historical context | Eugénie is said to have felt no sexual jealousy, but disapproved of the damage this liason wrought with the Emperor’s health. One evening when he returned from Marguerite in a state of collapse Eugénie confronted her in her house at Passy. After withstanding the criticism that she should be able to keep her husband at home with her own charms, she explained her less selfish motives for trying to prevent the Emperor’s visits; shortly afterwards the affaire came to an end. |
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| Accession number | E.333-1962 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2009 |
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