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Le Porc Des Tuileries

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Le Petit, Alfred (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which Napoleon III, depicted as a pig, looks out at the Arc de Triomphe from the Tuileries Palace. 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

Categories
Prints
Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type
Print
TitleLe Porc Des Tuileries (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Le Porc Des Tuileries'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit in which Napoleon III, depicted as a pig, looks out at the Arc de Triomphe from the Tuileries Palace. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which Napoleon III, depicted as a pig, looks out at the Arc de Triomphe from the Tuileries Palace. 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.8cm
  • Width: 20.3cm
Dimensions from: 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.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Le Porc Des Tuileries, Par Alfred Le Petit La Charge (Supplément no.14) Deuxième année. - En vente chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant, et chez Duclaux, 21, place du Château- d' Eau Adieu, mon étoile! Dessin saisi sous l'Empire Typ. Rouge frères et Comp (Title, lettered above design.)
  • 'A. L. P.' (Signed)
Gallery label
Alfred Le Petit "Zut" (1841-1909) Napoleon III takes a last look at the Arc de Triomphe from the Tuileries Palace. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.470-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
This caricature was suppressed by the Empire.
Subjects depicted
Pigs
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
Places depicted
Arc De Triomphe
Tuileries Palace
Bibliographic references
  • 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, V&A, 1971
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.470-1962

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
Record URL
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