La Tentation
Print
1870 (printed)
1870 (printed)
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Satirical print in which Otto von Bismarck, as the devil, appears in a vision to Wilhelm I, tempting him to invade France. Napoleon III, his assistant, is depicted as a pig on the right. Wilhelm stands at the edge of the river Rhine wearing a monk's habit, the strings of which are tugged by a devil towards France. 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 | La Tentation (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'La Tentation'. Satirical print by Flambart in which Otto von Bismarck appears in a vision as the Devil to Wilhelm I, tempting him to invade France. Hand-coloured lithograph, 1870. |
| Physical description | Satirical print in which Otto von Bismarck, as the devil, appears in a vision to Wilhelm I, tempting him to invade France. Napoleon III, his assistant, is depicted as a pig on the right. Wilhelm stands at the edge of the river Rhine wearing a monk's habit, the strings of which are tugged by a devil towards France. 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 | Flambart
Bismarck, as the devil, appears in a vision to King William and tempts him to invade France, with Napoleon, represented here as a pig, as his assistant. William, anxious lest Prussia should lose her cultural identity was less enthusiastic about the unification of Germany, which he believed to be a task for his grandson rather than himself. He was goaded on in his aggressive foreign policy by his Chancellor.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.395-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Historical context | Wilhelm I, anxious lest Prussia should lose her cultural identity was not enthusiastic about the unification of Germany, which he believed to be a task for his grandson rather than himself. He was goaded on in his aggressive foreign policy by his Chancellor, Count Otto von Bismarck. |
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| Accession number | E.395-1962 |
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| Record created | January 30, 2009 |
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