Plante Grasse
Print
1871 (printed)
1871 (printed)
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Print in which Adolphe Crémieux is depicted as having the body of a potted cactus plant.
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.
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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Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
Brief description | 'Plante Grasse'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit in which Adolphe Crémieux is depicted as having the body of a potted cactus plant. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871. |
Physical description | Print in which Adolphe Crémieux is depicted as having the body of a potted cactus plant. 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 | Le Petit, Alfred "Zut" (1841-1909)
Adolphe Crémieux was Minister of Justice in the Government of National Defence. The delegation at Tours, set up to organize the liberation of Paris from the outside, was under his dithering leadership, until he handed over his duties to Gambetta.
Lithograph, coloured by hand.
From a series of 12. E.1626-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
Object history | Plate 21 from a series of 32 entitled 'Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour'. |
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Accession number | E.1626-1962 |
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Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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