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Un Cochon Engraissé Pendant 20 Ans Pour Le Roi De Prusse

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print in which Napoleon III's features are depicted emerging from a pig's posterior.
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
Object type
TitleUn Cochon Engraissé Pendant 20 Ans Pour Le Roi De Prusse (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Un Cochon Engraissé Pendant 20 Ans Pour Le Roi De Prusse'. Satirical illustration by Gaillard in which Napoleon III's features are depicted emerging from a pig's posterior. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which Napoleon III's features are depicted emerging from a pig's posterior.
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: 27.6cm
  • Width: 21.6cm
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
'Lyon, J.B. Gadola, Edit. Cours de Brosses, 2 Lyon, Lith. Morand Gaillard Un Cochon Engraissé Pendant 20 Ans Pour Le Roi De Prusse' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
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: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.397-1962

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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