Un Petit Avocat Et Un Grand Général
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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'UN PETIT AVOCAT ET UN GRAND GÉNÉRAL' Lithograph depicting Leon Gambetta, portrayed as a great General dressed in red, white and blue, towering over a kneeling General Trochu who is wearing religious clothing and holding a rosary. Signed Pilotell.
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 | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Paris Commune print; 'UN PETIT AVOCAT ET UN GRAND GÉNÉRAL'; Lithograph; Leon Gambetta, portrayed as a great General, towers over a kneeling General Trochu who is wearing religious clothing and holding a rosary; Pilotell, Georges Labadie; France; 1870-71. |
| Physical description | 'UN PETIT AVOCAT ET UN GRAND GÉNÉRAL' Lithograph depicting Leon Gambetta, portrayed as a great General dressed in red, white and blue, towering over a kneeling General Trochu who is wearing religious clothing and holding a rosary. Signed Pilotell. 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 | Georges Pilotell "Labadie" (1844-1918)
Gambetta, a lawyer by profession, is portrayed as a great General towering over General Trochu, represented as a feeble lawyer with strong religious leanings. In the Provinces the inexperienced Gambetta showed the attacking spirit the Prussian mob longed to find in their own leader. Trochu, in whose hands lay all the plans for the liberation of the city, was inclined to use the oratorical tools of the lawyer's trade, with none of Gambetta's eloquence.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1053-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Object history | Provenance unknown. |
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| Accession number | E.1053-1962 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2009 |
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