Le Valeur Prussienne N'Attendant Pas Le Nombre Des Années
Print
1871 (printed)
1871 (printed)
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Satirical print depicting children being blown up by a shell fired by two Prussian soldiers in the Jardin du Luxembourg. At the centre of the scene is a sign lettered 'Jardin Du Luxembourg'. 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 | Le Valeur Prussienne N'Attendant Pas Le Nombre Des Années (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Le Valeur Prussienne N'Attendant Pas Le Nombre Des Années'. Satirical print by Amedee Charles Henri Noé depicting children being blown up by a shell fired by two Prussian soldiers in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Lithograph, France, 1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print depicting children being blown up by a shell fired by two Prussian soldiers in the Jardin du Luxembourg. At the centre of the scene is a sign lettered 'Jardin Du Luxembourg'. 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 | "Cham" (pseudonym of Amadée Charles Henri, Count of Noë) (1819-79)
Although the shells did not kill large numbers of people the mutilated remains when someone was hit were horrifying. On several occasions people had their heads blown off and a child was literally sliced in two. On 11 January the funeral of six children killed by the same shell took place.
Lithograph. E.555-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Object history | First published in Le Charivari on 19 January 1871. Republished in the state reproduced in Album du Siége ( sic). |
| Historical context | Although the shells did not kill large numbers of people the mutilated remains when someone was hit were horrifying. On several occasions people had their heads blown off and a child was literally sliced in two. On 11 January the funeral of six children killed by the same shell took place. All Europe was shocked at this indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians.' |
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| Accession number | E.555-1962 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2009 |
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