1870 (printed)
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Satirical print in which Count Otto von Bismarck auctions off a pig representing Napoleon III which, announced as the 'Phénomene Vivant Capturé le 3. 7bre 1870', has won the first prize at the 'Exposition Guillaume'. Bismark is standing on a platform, a tent in the background and the pig is crowned with laurels and branded with a crown and the letter 'N'. Prussian soldiers look on. 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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| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Satirical print by Flambart in which Count Otto von Bismarck auctions off a pig representing Napoleon III. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870. |
| Physical description | Satirical print in which Count Otto von Bismarck auctions off a pig representing Napoleon III which, announced as the 'Phénomene Vivant Capturé le 3. 7bre 1870', has won the first prize at the 'Exposition Guillaume'. Bismark is standing on a platform, a tent in the background and the pig is crowned with laurels and branded with a crown and the letter 'N'. Prussian soldiers look on. 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 auctions his trophy, the French Emperor represented as a pig, which has won first prize.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.391-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Historical context | Although Napoleon surrendered at Sedan on 1 September and set out for imprisonment near Cassel the next day, the news did not reach Paris until 3 September. |
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| Accession number | E.391-1962 |
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| Record created | January 30, 2009 |
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