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Autre temps. autres moeurs

Print
1870-71 (made), 1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Stick (caricaturist)
Lubin (lithographer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which the French Imperial family (Napoleon III, The Empress Eugénie and The Prince Imperial) are depicted as a three-man performing band. The Prince Imperial is shown with the body of a monkey, on the ground. Napoleon III stands on the right, grinding an organ, while the Empress Eugénie stands on the left and is holding a tambourine. 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
TitleAutre temps. autres moeurs (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Autre temps. autres moeurs'. Satirical illustration by Stick in which the French Imperial family (Napoleon III, The Empress Eugénie and The Prince Imperial) are depicted as a three-man performing band. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which the French Imperial family (Napoleon III, The Empress Eugénie and The Prince Imperial) are depicted as a three-man performing band. The Prince Imperial is shown with the body of a monkey, on the ground. Napoleon III stands on the right, grinding an organ, while the Empress Eugénie stands on the left and is holding a tambourine. 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: 31.1cm
  • Width: 23.5cm
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
  • 'Autre temps. autres moeurs. En Vente chez Prouté, 44 rue Descartes. / Lith. Lubin, 11. rue Séguier, Paris. / Dépôt chez Saillant, 5 & 1O rue du Croissant (Lettered)
  • 'Stick' (Singed)
  • 'Concert Populaire Eugénie chanteuse legère Badingue comique de genre. Exercices de Légertés par Badingue fils / Badingue pere Idiot-comique Distingué' (Lettered within the design)
Gallery label
Stick The caricaturists depicted the Imperial family following a variety of occupations in exile. Here they are presented as a three-man performing band. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.432-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Historical context
The Parisian caricaturists depicted the Imperial family following a variety of occupations in exile. In fact they lived in dignified retirement, at Chislehurst, Kent, waiting for a chance to return to power in France.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Men
Band
Umbrella
Tambourine
Monkeys (Animals)
The Empress Eugenie
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
Napoleon, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph
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.432-1962

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
Record URL
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