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Gardien De La Publique

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Renard, Jules (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which a National Guard amuses himself by looking at a stall selling caricatures of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eugénie. 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

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Gardien De La Publique (assigned by artist)
  • Souvenirs Du Siége De Paris: Les Défenseurs de la capitale (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Gardien De La Publique'. Satirical illustration by Jules Renard 'Draner' in which a National Guard amuses himself by looking at a stall selling caricatures of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eugénie. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which a National Guard amuses himself by looking at a stall selling caricatures of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eugénie. 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: 26.4cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
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 Du Siége De Paris: Les Défenseurs de la capitale Gardien De La Publique Au Bureau de L'Eclipse 16 Rue du Croissant, PARIS. / Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris. Décidément l'Empre de la liberté est bien / plus rigolo! moins à faire et plus à rire . . . .' (Lettered)
  • 'Dr' (Signed)
  • '2' (Numbered)
Gallery label
"Draner" (pseudonym of Jules Renard) (1833-98) An idle National Guard amuses himself looking at a stall selling a selection of the caricatures of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eugénie, which flooded the market after the Government of National Defence published the Tuileries papers. Lithograph, coloured by hand. From a series of 32. E.658-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
This is plate 2 from a series of 32 entitled SOUVENIRS DU SIÉGE (sic) DE PARIS: Les Défenseurs de la capitale.
Historical context
Caricatures of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eugénie flooded the market, after the Government of National Defence published the Tuileries papers.
Subjects depicted
Stalls (Merchandising Outlets)
Umbrella
Portfolios (Containers)
Caricatures
Siege of Paris
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.658-1962

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
Record URL
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