Grande Occupation Du Général Molske
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print depicting general Moltke seated at a table and studying a map of France. In his right hand he holds a bunch of carrots bearing the names of French towns. In the background Otto von Bismarck enters the room through a door. 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 | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Grande Occupation Du Général Molske'. Satirical illustration by Ed Renaux depicting general Moltke seated at a table and studying a map of France. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print depicting general Moltke seated at a table and studying a map of France. In his right hand he holds a bunch of carrots bearing the names of French towns. In the background Otto von Bismarck enters the room through a door. 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 | Ed Renaux "Marcia"
This caricature plays on the double meaning of the phrase tirer des carottes, to pull up carrots or to play a trick. Moltke, ordered by King William to find a new way to capture the French capital, studies a map. In his right hand he clutches a bunch of carrots bearing the names of key towns still unoccupied by his forces. The two carrots on the floor symbolize two Prussian victories. Bismarck enters the room in the background and asks tentatively whether he has come up with an idea.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.776-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
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| Accession number | E.776-1962 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2009 |
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