Le Président Grévy
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print depicting Jules Grévy walking a tightrope, holding a balancing pole, with a bell crowned with a fleur-de-lys weighing him down on one side. 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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Title | Le Président Grévy (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
Brief description | 'Le Président Grévy'. Satirical illustration by N. E. Untel depicting Jules Grévy walking a tightrope, holding a balancing pole. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
Physical description | Satirical print depicting Jules Grévy walking a tightrope, holding a balancing pole, with a bell crowned with a fleur-de-lys weighing him down on one side. 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 | "Untel NE"
Jules Grévy, a moderate Republican, was President of the strongly Royalist National Assembly. The bell crowned with a fleur-de-lys weighs him down on the side of the Orleanists.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1188-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
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Accession number | E.1188-1962 |
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Record created | February 6, 2009 |
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