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...Faut S'Entr'Aider!..Ça Va Aller!...

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Betbeder, Faustin (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which the German Emperor Wilhelm I, shown on the left, gives Napoleon III an enema. The French Emperor is standing over a chamber pot lettered round the edge: 'Foudres Imperiales'. On the left is a bottle lettered 'Même en Voyage'. 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
Title...Faut S'Entr'Aider!..Ça Va Aller!... (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
'...Faut S'Entr'Aider!..Ça Va Aller!...' Satirical illustration in which the German Emperor Wilhelm I gives Napoleon III an enema. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which the German Emperor Wilhelm I, shown on the left, gives Napoleon III an enema. The French Emperor is standing over a chamber pot lettered round the edge: 'Foudres Imperiales'. On the left is a bottle lettered 'Même en Voyage'. 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: 32.1cm
  • Width: 24.4cm
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
  • '...Faut S'Entr'Aider!..Ça Va Aller!... Se vend chez Coulbeuf, P.du Caire, 97.' (Lettered)
  • 'Foudres Imperiales / Même en voyage' (Lettered within the design)
  • 'F' (Signed)
Gallery label
"Faustin" (pseudonym of Faustin Betbeder) (born 1847) King William gives Napoleon an enema, a reference to his piles, emblematic of his general infirmity and weakness. Process engraving. E.377-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Historical context
Wilhelm I gives Napoleon III an enema, a reference to his piles, emblematic of his general infirmity and weakness.
Subjects depicted
Medal
Sashes (Costume Accessories)
Spurs (Accessories Worn)
Emperor
Chamber Pot
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
Wilhelm I (Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia)
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.377-1962

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
Record URL
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