Les Deux Compères
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print in which emperor Wilhelm I and Napoleon III are shown at a door with the words 'Porte de Paris' written above. The pair are depicted as the scoundrels, Robert-Macaire and Bertrand. Napoleon III, wearing green trousers, laurels on his head and with a syringe at his side, kisses the hand of Wilhelm. The latter is dressed in a blue coat and has a pair of pistols attached to his belt. 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
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| Title | Les Deux Compères (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Les Deux Compères'. Satirical illustration by André Gill in which emperor Wilhelm I and Napoleon III are depicted as the scoundrels Robert-Macaire and Bertrand. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print in which emperor Wilhelm I and Napoleon III are shown at a door with the words 'Porte de Paris' written above. The pair are depicted as the scoundrels, Robert-Macaire and Bertrand. Napoleon III, wearing green trousers, laurels on his head and with a syringe at his side, kisses the hand of Wilhelm. The latter is dressed in a blue coat and has a pair of pistols attached to his belt. 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 | André Gill (pseudonym of Louis Alexandre Gosset de Guine) (1840-85)
King William and Napoleon III are shown hand in glove outside Paris as the scoundrels, Robert-Macaire and Bertrand. These accomplices made their debut in the melodrama L' Auberge des Adrets by Chevrillon, Lacoste and Chaponnier in 1823. In 1832 the play was rewritten as a comedy entitled Robert Macaire and the thieves were transformed into swindlers. They were further immortalized by Daumier in a series of 100 caricatures published between 1836 and 1838.
Process engraving by Lefman.
Coloured by hand. E.836-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Object history | Provenance unknown. This caricature was published as a supplement to the newspaper L' Eclipse. |
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| Accession number | E.836-1962 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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