Le Jour Et La Nuit
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Print depicting Leon Gambetta and Jules Favre as waspish insects fighting in outer space. Gambetta, with red, white and blue wings, is in front of a radiating sun lettered 'Bordeaux'. A beam of light from his protruding eye dazzles Favre, who wriggles on his back in front of a waning moon, lettered 'Paris'. 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 | 'Le Jour Et La Nuit'. Satirical illustration by Emile Evrard depicting Leon Gambetta and Jules Favre as waspish insects fighting in outer space. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Print depicting Leon Gambetta and Jules Favre as waspish insects fighting in outer space. Gambetta, with red, white and blue wings, is in front of a radiating sun lettered 'Bordeaux'. A beam of light from his protruding eye dazzles Favre, who wriggles on his back in front of a waning moon, lettered 'Paris'. 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 | Emile Evrard
Gambetta portrayed as alert and fighting is placed in front of a radiating sun which symbolizes Bordeaux, the headquarters of the 'guerre à outrance' faction of the war. A beam of light from his protruding eye dazzles Favre, who wriggles on his back in front of a waning moon, symbolizing Paris. When Gambetta heard about the armistice two days after it had been concluded he refused to accept it as anything other than a breathing space to refit and train the troops. On 6 February he resigned from the Government of National Defence because he felt totally out of sympathy with its aims.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1947-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Object history | Provenance unknown. This lithograph was Plate 3 in a series of 5 'journal placards' entitled LA LAMPION. |
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| Accession number | E.1947-1962 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2009 |
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