Paris Dans Le Caves Par Moloch
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Title plate showing a man opening the entrance to a dark underground passage. The man is holding a torch. 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
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| Title | Paris Dans Le Caves Par Moloch (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lthograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Paris Dans Le Caves Par Moloch'. Title plate by B. Colomb ('Moloch') showing a man opening the entrance to a dark underground passage. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Title plate showing a man opening the entrance to a dark underground passage. The man is holding a torch. 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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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Paris Dans Le Caves Par Moloch En Vente Chez Deforet & Cesar Editeurs R. Nve. Des-Petits-Champs 64 Paris Talons. Imprimeur. 19, Pl. du Mché St. Honoré' (Lettered) |
| Gallery label | "Moloch" (pseudonym of Alphonse Hector Colomb) (1849-1909)
The title page to a series portraying life below ground in Paris during the two sieges, with the artist depicted throwing light on the scene with his brush. As there was a shortage of accommodation many people took to living in the cellars, which also gave protection against the bombardment.
The artist's pseudonym is, appropriately enough, derived from the Ammonite god, Moloch, to whom children were sacrificed in a particularly horrible way.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1720-1962.(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Object history | This lithograph was the title-page to a series of 39 plates portraying life below ground in Paris during the two sieges. |
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| Accession number | E.1720-1962 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2009 |
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