Les Nouveaux Impôts
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1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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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.
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Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | E.1899-1962 |
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Record created | February 6, 2009 |
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