Le Boeuf par....Zut.

Physical description

Satirical print showing Marshal Leboeuf lecherously squeezing the Empress Eugénie round the waist as they ride side by side on an ox [boeuf] with the features of Napoleon III. The wilful Eugénie carries a whip and smiles. 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 (made)

Date

1870-1871 (printed)

Artist/maker

Le Petit, Alfred, born 1841 - died 1909 (caricaturist)
Duclaux (publisher)
Rouge Frères et Comp. (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'Le Boeuf par....Zut. - No. 3 Eugénie, - Je vous en prie, ayez un peu de tenue mon cher Le Boeuf. / Le Boeuf. - Mille pardons, belle dame, ce n'est pas moi qui suis le boeuf.....c'est lui. Se Vend chez Duclaux, 21, place du Château-d'Eau. - Dépòt chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant. Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp.'
'Relief D. Delaitre 15, Rue de Seine'
'Zut'

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm, Width: 21.5 cm

Historical context note

A visual pun on the name of Marshal Leboeuf (1809-89), French War Minister from 1869.

Descriptive line

'Le Boeuf par....Zut'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit with a depiction of the Empress Eugènie and Marshal Leboeuf riding an ox with the features of Napoleon III. 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:

'28
LE BOEUF PAR. . . . ZUT
Eugénie, - Je vous en prie, ayez un peu de tenue mon cher Le Boeuf.
Le Boeuf. - Mille pardons, belle dame, ce n'est pas moi qui suis le boeuf ..... c'est lui

Le Petit, Alfred (1841-1909) (‘Zut')
Signed Zut. Lettered Relief D. Delaitre 15, Rue de Seine. Se vend chez Duclaux, 21, place du Château-d'Eau. -Dépôt chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant. Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp. Numbered No. 3. Process engraving, coloured by hand.
11 3/8 x 8½ in. (28.8 x 21.5 cm.). E.345-1962

A visual pun on the name of Marshal Leboeuf (1809-89), War Minister from 1869, who lecherously squeezes Eugénie round the waist as they ride side by side on an ox [boeuf] with the features of Napoleon. The wilful Eugénie carries the whip.'
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

Le Petit, Alfred "Zut" (1841-1909)

A visual pun on the name of Marshal Leboeuf, war minister from 1869, who lecherously squeezes Eugénie round the waist as they ride side by side on an ox [boeuf] with the features of Napoleon. The wilful Eugénie carries the whip.

Process engraving, coloured by hand. E.345-1962 [27/05/1971-10/10/1971]

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Lithography; Hand colouring

Subjects depicted

Uniform; Emperor; Ox; Bonaparte, Napoleon III; The Empress Eugenie; Whip; Empress; Leboeuf, Marshal

Categories

Prints; Caricatures & Cartoons

Collection code

PDP