Croquis Du Jour; Versement Des 600 Millions

Physical description

Satirical print in which Auguste Pouyer-Quertier fells and bombards Otto von Bismarck with coins. 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.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (printed)

Date

1870-1871 (printed)

Artist/maker

Corseaux, J. (caricaturist)
Lemaine & Fils (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'Croquis Du Jour No.5 Saillant, Editr. 5 et 10, r. du Croissant, Paris Imp. Lemaine, 61, r de Cléry Versement Des 600 Millions Canoniers......A Vos Pièces.......Feu!!!'

Dimensions

Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 23.1 cm

Object history note

This lithograph was Plate 5 in a series of 5 entitled 'Croquis Du Jour'.

Descriptive line

'Versement Des 600 Millions'. Satirical illustration by J. Corseaux (Louis Balsamo) in which Auguste Pouyer-Quertier fells and bombards Otto von Bismarck with coins. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

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.
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'96
VERSEMENT DES 600 MILLIONS
CANONIERS . . . . . . . . A VOS PIÈCES . . . . . . . . FEU! ! !

Corseaux, J. (‘Louis Balsamo’)
Plate 5 in a series of 5 entitled CROQUIS DU JOUR. Lettered Saillant, Editr. 5 et 10, r. du Croissant, Paris Imp. Lemaine, 61, r de Célry. Numbered No. 5. Lithograph, coloured by hand. 12¼ x 9 1/8 in. (31.1 x 23.1 cm.). E.1201-1962

Auguste Pouyer-Quertier (1820-91), the Minister of Finance, bombards Bismarck with coins. Bismarck originally demanded an indemnity of 600 milliard francs but this was reduced to 500 after negotiations. One milliard was to be paid during 1871 and the rest within three years. France paid her debts with amazing speed. The first demi-milliard reached Germany only one month after the collapse of the Commune and the complete sum was paid off by September 1873.'
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
The full text of the entry is as follows:
"'FAUSTIN' (pseudonym of Faustin BETBEDER) (born 1847), and other Artists
Caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations (2235) relating to Napoleon III, the Imperial Family, the fall of the Second Empire, the Siege of Paris and the Commune, by 'Faustin' and other artists, 1870-1. In 10 volumes, each half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
Many lettered with names of artists and printers and with captions.
Lithographs, etchings, mostly coloured by hand. Various sizes
E.43-2277-1962
Among the artists represented in this collection are:
ANDRIEUX, Clément Augustue (1829-1880)
BALLIN, Auguste (born 1842)
BAR, G. (1807-post 1870)
BEAUVERIE, Charles Joseph (1839-1924)
'BERTALL' (pseudonym of Albert d'ARNOUX) (1820-1882)
BOUTET, Henri (1851-c.1920)
'CHAM' (pseudonym of Amédée Charles Henri, Comte de NOÉ) (1819-1879)
CHOUBRAC, Alfred (1853-1902)
COINDRE, Victor (born 1816)
DAUMIER, Honoré (1808-1879)
DAUMONT, Émile Florentin (1834-c.1904)
DEMARE, Henri (1846-1888)
'DRANER' (pseudonym of Jules RENARD) (1833-1898)
FRONDAT, Napoléon Charles Louis de (born 1846)
'GÉDÉON' (pseudonym of Gédéon BARIL) (born 1832) '
'GILL', André (pseudonym of Louis Alexandre GOSSET) (1840-1885)
HADOL, Paul (1835-1875)
HUMBERT, Albert (1835-1886)
'JOB' (pseudonym of Jacques Marie ONFRAY de Bréville) (1858-1931)
KLENK, Paul (born 1844)
LADREYT, Eugène (born 1832)
LALANNE, Maxime (1827-1886)
LE PETIT, Alfred (1841-1909)
LEVY, Alphonse Jacques (1843-1918)
MAILLY, Hippolyte (born 1829)
'MARTIAL' (pseudonym of Adolphe Martial POTÉMONT) (1828-1883)
'MOLOCH' (pseudonym of B. COLOMB) (1849-1909)
'MONTBARD' (pseudonym Charles Auguste LOYE) (1842-1905)
MORLAND, Valère Alphonse (born 1846)
MOYSE, Édouard (born 1827)
'PÉPIN' (pseudonym of Georges LABADIE) (1844-1918)
PIERDON, Francois (1821-1904)
'PILOTELL' (pseudonym of Georges LABADIE) (1844-1918)
REGAMEY, Félix Élie (1844-1907)
ROCHEBRUNE, Octave Guillaume de (1824-1900)
SCHÉRER, Léonce (1827-1876)
SCHOMMER, François (1850-1935)
'TELLIAP' (pseudonym of (?) Fernand PAILLET) (1850-1918)
VERNIER, Charles (1831-1887)
VEYRASSAT, Jules Jacques (1828-1893)
YON, Edmond Charles Joseph (1836-1897)"

Exhibition History

The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71 (Victoria and Albert Museum 27/05/1971-10/10/1971)

Labels and date

J Corseaux "Louis Balsamo"

Auguste Pouyer-Quertier, the Minister of Finance, bombards Bismarck with coins. Bismarck originally demanded an indemnity of 600 milliard francs but this was reduced to 500 after negotiations. One milliard was to be paid during 1871 and the rest within three years. France paid her debts with amazing speed. The first demi-milliard reached Germany only one month after the collapse of the Commune and the complete sum was paid off by September 1873.

Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1201-1962 [27/05/1971-10/10/1971]

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Lithography; Hand-colouring

Subjects depicted

Men; Bismarck, Otto von (Count); Coins; Pouyer-Quertier, Auguste

Categories

Prints; Caricatures & Cartoons

Collection code

PDP