Le Paladin Paladines

Physical description

Satirical print in which General d' Aurelle de Paladines is shown wearing a large hat and a horse costume. 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

Klenck, Paul, born 1844 (caricaturist)
Talons (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'Le Paladin Paladines Imp. Talons marche St Hono'
'P. Klenck'
'No. 19'

Dimensions

Height: 31 cm, Width: 22.2 cm

Descriptive line

'Le Paladin Paladines'. Satirical illustration by Paul Klenck in which General d' Aurelle de Paladines is shown wearing a large hat and a horse costume. 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:

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LE PALADIN PALADINES

Klenck, Paul (1844-?) (‘Peka’)
Signed P. Klenck. Lettered Imp. Talons marche St Hono. Numbered No. 19. Lithograph, coloured by hand. 12¼ x 8¾ in. (31 x 22.2cm.). E.1233-1962

The National Assembly appointed the reactionary General d' Aurelle de Paladines (1804-77) to succeed Clément Thomas as Commander of the Paris National Guard. He was extremely unpopular on account of his Bonapartist past and because, having led the First Army of the Loire to disaster at Orléans, he was branded as the man who had failed to rescue Paris.

A Paladin was a knight of Charlemagne's court. With a pun on the General's title, Klenck suggests his connections with an Empire created some 1,000 years later.'
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

Paul Klenck "Peka" (born 1844)

The National Assembly appointed the reactionary General d' Aurelle de Paladines to succeed Clément Thomas as Commander of the Paris National Guard. He was extremely unpopular on account of his Bonapartist past and because, having led the First Army of the Loire to disaster at Orléans, he was branded as the man who had failed to rescue Paris. A Paladin was a knight of Charlemagne's court. With a pun on the General's title, Klenck suggests his connections with an Empire created some 1,000 years later.

Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1233-1962 [27/05/1971-10/10/1971]

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Lithography; Hand-colouring

Subjects depicted

Horse; Sword; Hat; General; Sash; Epaulettes; Louis Jean-Baptiste (General d' Aurelle de Paladines)

Categories

Prints; Caricatures & Cartoons

Collection code

PDP