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Le Fils De Cerbère

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Colomb, B. (Moloch) (caricaturist)
Talons (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Print depicting a man at the door of a lodging house, as a woman looks out. 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
  • Le Fils De Cerbère (series title)
  • Ils n'est pas venu une jeune dame me demander? (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Ils n'est pas venu une jeune dame me demander?' Satirical illustration by B. Colomb ('Moloch') depicting a man requesting a room at the door of a lodging house. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Print depicting a man at the door of a lodging house, as a woman looks out. 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: 27.6cm
  • Width: 21.6cm
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
  • 'Le Fils De Cerbère. No.4 Chez Deforet et César 64 R. N des Petits Champs. Imp. Talons. 19 Pl du Marché St. Honoré.' (Lettered)
  • 'Moloch' (Signed)
  • 'Le portier antique et le Cerbère moderne!' (Lettered with caption)
Gallery label
"Moloch" (pseudonym of Alphonse Hector Colomb) (1849-1909) A plate from a series of 20 satirizing lodging houses. The concierges of Paris became known as 'Cerbères' for they guarded their doors as fiercely as the many-headed dog, Cerberus, guarded the gate of Hell. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1846-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
Provenance unknown.
This lithograph was plate 4 from a series of 20 entitled LES FILS DE CERBÈRE.
Subjects depicted
Man
Woman
Hat
Headscarf
Lodging House
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.1846-1962

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2009
Record URL
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