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Les Ambulances De Théâtre

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Renard, Jules (caricaturist)
Place of origin
France (printed)

Satirical print depicting a Parisian theatre serving as a hospital, with a bandaged male patient in bed and a nurse carrying a tray with a teapot and teacup. A poster for La GRANDE Duchesse is visible in the background. 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
Titles
  • Les Ambulances De Théâtre (assigned by artist)
  • Paris Assiége. Scènes De La Vie Parisienne Pendant Le Siége (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Les Ambulances De Théâtre'. Satirical illustration by Jules Renard 'Draner' depicting a Parisian theatre serving as a hospital. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print depicting a Parisian theatre serving as a hospital, with a bandaged male patient in bed and a nurse carrying a tray with a teapot and teacup. A poster for La GRANDE Duchesse is visible in the background. 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: 25.4cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
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
  • 'Paris Assiége. Au Bureau de L'Eclipse, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris. Imp. Barousse, Paris. Les Ambulances De Théâtre. - Sur mon honneur, Mademoiselle, jamais vous n'avez mieux rempli le role qui vous été confié.' (Lettered)
  • '10' (Numbered)
  • 'Draner' (Signed)
Gallery label
"Draner" (pseudonym of Jules Renard) (1833-98) This caricature, showing a Parisian theatre serving as a hospital, contains a poster for La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein, an opera written by Jacques Offenbach in 1867. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.602-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
This lithograph was plate 10 from a series of 32 entitled PARIS ASSlÉGÉ. Scènes De La Vie Parisienne Pendant Le Siége (sic).
Subjects depicted
Man
Woman
Nurse
Bandages
Hospital Bed
Teapot
Teacup
Tray
Poster
Literary reference<i>La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein</i>, an opera written by Jacques Offenbach in 1867.
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.602-1962

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2009
Record URL
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