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Un Paysage En 1870

Print
1870 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Daumier, Honoré (caricaturist)
Place of origin
France (printed)

Satirical print in which a cannon points out over a desolate landscape. 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
TitleUn Paysage En 1870 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
'Un Paysage En 1870'. Satirical illustration by Honoré Daumier in which a cannon points out over a desolate landscape. Lithograph, France, 1870.
Physical description
Satirical print in which a cannon points out over a desolate landscape. 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: 24.1cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
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
  • 'Un Paysage En 1870' (Lettered)
  • 'H.D.' (Signed)
  • '70' (Numbered)
Gallery label
Honoré Daumier (1808-79) A landscape in 1870. Lithograph. E.560-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
First published in Le Charivari on 10 December 1870. Republished in the state reproduced in Album du Siége (sic).
Subjects depicted
Cannon
Views
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.560-1962

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
Record URL
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