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Les Nouveaux Impôts

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Betbeder, Faustin (caricaturist)
Barousse (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Print depicting a man, wearing a blue jacket, presenting a cat trapped in a bell jar to a shocked woman, seated and wearing a pink dress. 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
Titles
  • Les Nouveaux Impôts (series title)
  • L'Impôt Sur Les Chats (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'L'Impôt Sur Les Chats'. Satirical illustration by Faustin Betbeder depicting a man, wearing a blue jacket, presenting a cat trapped in a bell jar to a shocked woman. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-71.
Physical description
Print depicting a man, wearing a blue jacket, presenting a cat trapped in a bell jar to a shocked woman, seated and wearing a pink dress. 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: 28.5cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
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
  • 'Les Nouveaux Impôts. No.6. Duclaux, Edr., 21, Pl. du Château d'Eau Imp. Barousse Paris.' (Lettered)
  • 'Madame Popinard! rassemble tout ton courage: J’ai fait empailler ton chat, comme cela au moins nous ne payerons pas d'impôt' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'Faustin' (Signed)
Gallery label
"Faustin" (pseudonym of Faustin Betbeder) (born 1847) A caricature from a series commenting on the heavy taxes which were imposed by the Government to raise the war indemnity and to restore Paris to her former glory. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1899-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
Provenance unknown.
This lithograph was Plate 6 from a series of 8 entitled LES NOUVEAUX IMPÔTS.
Subjects depicted
Man
Woman
Cat
Bell Jar
Top Hat
Dress
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.1899-1962

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2009
Record URL
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