Madame de Framboisie
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print showing the Empress Eugénie making her escape from the Tuileries. The empress is holding an open fan in her left hand and clutching a box of diamonds under right arm. A chamber pot inscribed with the words 'Cusine Imperiale' is hurled from the right. 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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Title | Madame de Framboisie (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Llithograph on paper |
Brief description | 'Madame de Framboisie'. Satirical illustration by Faustin Betbeder showing the Empress Eugénie making her escape from the Tuileries. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
Physical description | Satirical print showing the Empress Eugénie making her escape from the Tuileries. The empress is holding an open fan in her left hand and clutching a box of diamonds under right arm. A chamber pot inscribed with the words 'Cusine Imperiale' is hurled from the right. 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 | "Faustin" (pseudonym of Faustin Betbeder) (born 1847)
The Empress, clutching a few of her possessions, makes her escape from the Tuileries in the evening of 3 September. She evaded the mob which was breaking in at the front of the palace by leaving through a disused gallery of the Louvre.
Lithograph. E.336-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
Historical context | The scene depicted took place on the evening of 3 September 1871. The Empress evaded the mob which was breaking in at the front of the palace by leaving through a disused gallery of the Louvre and was helped in her difficult journey to England by her American dentist, Dr Evans. |
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Accession number | E.336-1962 |
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Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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