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Souvenirs & Regrets

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
De Frondat, Napoléon Charles Louis (caricaturist)
Barousse (lithographer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print showing Napoleon III, wearing a dunce's cap, his lower body depicted as that of a pig, limping along on crutches and dragging an eagle behind him, en route for Cassel. In the right background is a sign post marked 'Route de Cassel'. 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
Disability
Object type
Print
TitleSouvenirs & Regrets (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Souvenirs & Regrets'. Satirical illustration by De Frondat showing Napoleon III wearing a dunce's cap, and with the lower body of a pig. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Napoleon III, wearing a dunce's cap, his lower body depicted as that of a pig, limping along on crutches and dragging an eagle behind him, en route for Cassel. In the right background is a sign post marked 'Route de Cassel'. 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: 29.8cm
  • Width: 22.2cm
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
  • 'Souvenirs & Regrets Ah! . mon chapeau plein de lard et mon aigle de Boulogne ou êtes vous !.. Saillant, Édr. r. du Croissant, 5 & 10. Lith. Barousse, à Paris' (Lettered)
  • 'de Frondat' (Signed)
Historical context
This lithograph depicts Napoleon III limping en route to Cassel to be imprisoned. Ironically, Napoleon III's place of imprisonment was the Schloss Wilhelmshohe, from which his uncle Jerome Bonaparte had ruled over the kingdom of Westphalia at the beginning of the century. He was released after the preliminaries of peace were signed by France and Prussia.
Subjects depicted
Pigs
Eagle
Crutches
Sashes (Costume Accessories)
Epaulettes
Uniform
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.418-1962

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
Record URL
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