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L'Ogre De Prusse

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Levy, Alphonse Jacques (Said) (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (lithographer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which Count von Bismarck, wearing military uniform, strides across from Versailles to Paris. The two are separated by a river. 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
TitleL'Ogre De Prusse (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'L'Ogre De Prusse'. Satirical illustration by Alphonse Jacques Levy ('Said') in which Count von Bismarck, wearing military uniform, strides across from Versailles to Paris. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which Count von Bismarck, wearing military uniform, strides across from Versailles to Paris. The two are separated by a river. 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: 29.2cm
  • Width: 20.3cm
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
  • 'L'Ogre De Prusse. Saillant, Editr. R. du Croissant, 5 & 10. Lith. Coulboeuf, Pass. Du Caire, 97. T'Y Arriveras Pas!...' (Title, lettered above design.)
  • 'saïd' (Signed)
  • 'Paris / Versailles' (Lettered within design)
Gallery label
Alphonse Jacques Levy "Said" "Coco" (1843-1918) Count von Bismarck. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.884-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
Provenance unknown.
Subjects depicted
Military Uniform
Man
Spurs
Von Bismarck, Otto (Count)
Places depicted
Paris
Versailles
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.884-1962

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2009
Record URL
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