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La Pomme De Terre

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Le Petit, Alfred (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Print in which the head of Pierre Frédéric Dorian, depicted as a gnarled potato, is attached to a stake, from which hangs a notice: 'Défense de Paris Magasin des Accessoires'. Behind are piled weapons of war. 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
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • La Pomme De Terre (assigned by artist)
  • Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'La Pomme De Terre'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit in which the head of Pierre Frédéric Dorian is shown as a gnarled potato. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print in which the head of Pierre Frédéric Dorian, depicted as a gnarled potato, is attached to a stake, from which hangs a notice: 'Défense de Paris Magasin des Accessoires'. Behind are piled weapons of war. 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: 13.6cm
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
  • 'Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour. La Pomme De Terre. 5 Au Bureau de L'Eclipse, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris.' (Lettered)
  • 'Alfred Le Petit / Paris 20 Janv. 1871.' (Signed and dated)
  • (Lettered with name of subject and caption)
Gallery label
Alfred Le Petit "Zut" (1841-1909) The head of Pierre Frédéric Dorian was Minister of Works in the Government of national Defence. He efficiently organised the production of the weapons of war in every available work-shop in Paris. He was the one member of the Government of National Defence to prove himself an able administrator and the only official to remain popular both with his colleagues and with the Reds. On 31 October he politely turned down an invitation from the insurgents to head their new Government. Lithograph, coloured by hand. From a series of 32. E.1610-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Subjects depicted
Potato
Cannon
Cannonballs
Shells (Ammunition)
Dorian, Pierre Frédéric
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.1610-1962

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
Record URL
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