L'Homme A La Boule

Physical description

Satirical print in which Count Otto von Bismarck balances on a the world with one spurred foot entering France, and wearing only his underpants which are marked with the German imperial eagle. 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

1870-1871 (printed)

Artist/maker

Renard, Jules, born 1833 (caricaturist)
Vallée (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Hand-coloured process engraving on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'L'Homme A La Boule Par Draner. Tarteifle! je ne gonprends par ce que j'ébrouve? Il me semble que je affre perdu l'eguilipre, et que mon pied il affre clissé sur la poule. Lefman & Lourdel Sc. / En vent chez Strauss, 7, rue du Croissant, & chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant. 843. - Paris. - Imprimerie Vallée, 16, rue du Croissant.'
'Draner'

Dimensions

Height: 38.7 cm, Width: 26.4 cm

Object history note

Provenance unknown.

Descriptive line

'L'Homme A La Boule'. Satirical print by Jules Renard ('Draner') in which Count Otto von Bismarck balances on a the world with one spurred foot entering France. 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:

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L'HOMME A LA BOULE PAR DRANER
Tarteifle! je ne gonprends par ce que j'ébrouve? Il me semble que je affre perdu l'eguilipre, et que mon pied il affre clissé sur la poule

After 'Draner' (pseudonym of Jules Renard) (1833-98)
Inscribed with facsimile signature Droner. Lettered Lefman & Lourdel Sc. En vent chez Strauss, 7, rue du Croissant, & chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant. 843. - Paris. - Imprimerie Vallée, 16, rue du Croissant. Process engraving, coloured by hand.
15¼ x 10 3/8 in. (38.7 x 26.4 cm.). E.879-1962

Count Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) balances on the world, which he manipulated to achieve the goal closest to his heart: the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership. With one spurred foot entering France, he almost upsets his own equilibrium as well as the balance of European power.'
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)"

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Engraving; Hand-colouring

Subjects depicted

France; Globe; Bismarck, Otto von (Count)

Categories

Prints; Caricatures & Cartoons

Collection code

PDP