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Le Président Grévy

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Untel, N. E. (caricaturist)
Deplanche (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

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.


Object details

Categories
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleLe Président Grévy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.2cm
  • 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
  • 'Le Président Grévy. Imp. Deplanche, Pass. Du Caire, 13, Paris. En vente chez Duclaux, 81, Place du Château d'eau. Dépôt chez Madre, 20, Rue du Croissant. Paris.' (Lettered)
  • 'un mauvais balancier.' (Lettered with caption)
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)
Subjects depicted
Tightrope
Bells (Idiophones)
Acrobat
Grévy, Jules
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.1188-1962

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2009
Record URL
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