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Le Chardon

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Le Petit, Alfred (caricaturist)
Coulboeuf (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Print in which Pierre Tirard is depicted as having the body of a thistle. He is holding a staff-weapon while a crowd of armed men gather behind him. 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
  • Le Chardon (assigned by artist)
  • Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Le Chardon'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit in which Pierre Tirard is depicted as having the body of a thistle. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print in which Pierre Tirard is depicted as having the body of a thistle. He is holding a staff-weapon while a crowd of armed men gather behind him. 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: 24.8cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
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
  • 'Fleurs, Fruits & Légumes Du Jour. Le Chardon 29 Au Bureau de L'Eclipse, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris Imp. Coulboeuf, Paris' (Lettered)
  • 'Alfred Le Petit / 30 Mars 1871.'' (Signed and dated)
  • 'M.P. Tirard / -Aux ânes de la République / Foulant mon pré municipal, / Je dis: -qui s'y frotte, s'y pique! / Je suis un Chardon radical!’ (Lettered with caption)
Gallery label
Alfred Le Petit "Zut" (1841-1909) Pierre Tirard, Mayor of the second arrondissement, a business district, was one of the few conservative Mayors on whom Thiers could rely. He was elected to the Commune but resigned, along with several others, during the chaotic first sitting when he found that it was debating issues beyond the control of a legal municipal council. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1634-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Subjects depicted
Men
Staff-Weapon
Flag
Thistle
Guns
Sword
Tirard, Pierre
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.1634-1962

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2009
Record URL
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