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Allons, va ã École petin, tu en as besoin

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print depicting Moltke, the Prussian Chief of Staff, in Prussian military attire, flinging General Trochu into the 'Ecole de St Cyr'. In the lower left of the scene is the model of a town. 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
Object type
Titles
  • Allons, va ã École petin, tu en as besoin (assigned by artist)
  • Actualités (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Allons, va ã École petin, tu en as besoin'. Satirical illustration by N. E. Untel depicting Moltke, the Prussian Chief of Staff, in Prussian military attire, flinging General Trochu into the 'Ecole de St Cyr'. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print depicting Moltke, the Prussian Chief of Staff, in Prussian military attire, flinging General Trochu into the 'Ecole de St Cyr'. In the lower left of the scene is the model of a town. 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: 31.8cm
  • Width: 20.9cm
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
  • 'Actualités No. 63 En vente chez Grognet, Imp. Edit., 16, rue des Ecoles. Allons, va à ;'École petin, tu en as besoin.' (Lettered)
  • 'Ecole de St Cyr' (Lettered within design.)
  • 'Untel NE' (Signed)
Gallery label
"Untel NE" General Trochu's immediate reaction, when the bombardment of Paris began, was to pray for a miracle. His emotional proclamation announcing that he had prayed to Sainte Geneviève, the Patron Saint of Paris, to come to their rescue as she had when the Huns were at the gates of Paris 14 centuries earlier, was quashed by the less devout members of the cabinet. He declared instead 'The Governor of Paris will not capitulate'. Here, Moltke, the able Prussian Chief of Staff, flings him back into a famous French military academy. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.799-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Subjects depicted
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
Accession number
E.799-1962

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2009
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