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Print

1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Régamey, Felix Élie (caricaturist)
Place of origin
France (printed)

'LA RÉPUBLIQUE A OUTRANCE'; Process engraving depicting a woman, symbolizing France, lies exhausted on the ground, Gambetta kneels beside her whilst Favre takes her pulse. In the background stand German soldiers, led by the Emperor and Otto von Bismarck and accompanied by Napoleon III. Signed Régamey.
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
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Satirical illustration from 'La République A Outrance' by Felix Élie Régamey. France lies exhausted on the ground, Gambetta kneels beside her whilst Favre takes her pulse. Process engraving, 1871.
Physical description
'LA RÉPUBLIQUE A OUTRANCE'; Process engraving depicting a woman, symbolizing France, lies exhausted on the ground, Gambetta kneels beside her whilst Favre takes her pulse. In the background stand German soldiers, led by the Emperor and Otto von Bismarck and accompanied by Napoleon III. Signed Régamey.
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: 42.5cm
  • Width: 22.2cm
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
  • 'La République à Outrance' (Newspaper title, lettered above design.)
  • 'LE LAMPION' (Series title, lettered above design.)
  • 'JULES TANT-PIS - 'Lorsqu' à la fin de janvier, nous nous sommes résignés à essayer de traiter, il etait bien tard'. (Paris, 6 février.) / LÉON TANT-MIEUX. - 'Paris a succombé, Aux armes! Vive la France! Vive la République!' (Bordeaux, 31 janvier.)' (Lettered below design.)
  • 'En Vente: 5, Rue Taranne Meceredi 8 Février 1871. 10 centimes. Liste de la Republique A Outrance, Pouvant Servir De Bulletin De Vote Paris. -Imp. Dubuisson et Ce.-714' (Lettered running below design.)
  • 'Régamey' (Signed bottom-left of design)
  • 'Numéro 1' (Numbered)
  • 'Bordeaux / Paris' (Lettered within design.)
Gallery label
Felix Élie Régamey (1844-1907) This caricature, published the day France went to the polls to elect the National Assembly, is based on the issue uppermost in all the voters' minds: peace or war. While Gambetta urges 'France', who has fallen exhausted to the ground, to fight on to the very end, Favre, in favour of peace, takes her pulse. In the background the Germans led by the Emperor and Bismarck and accompanied by Napoleon III are ready to finish her off. Process engraving. E.1083-1965(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
Provenance unknown.
This engraving was in the first number of the newspaper La République à Outrance, published 8 February 1871.
Subjects depicted
Men
Caricature
Trees
Woman
Gambetta, Leon
Favre, Jules
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
Von Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold (Count)
Wilhelm I (Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia)
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.1083-1962

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2009
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