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Actualité

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Bar, G. (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which General Trochu, wearing a crucifix, presents a paper lettered Plan Conservé 2e. Edition revue et Corrigée to Adolphe Thiers, who holds a sheet of paper under his left arm. 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
Prints
Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type
Print
TitleActualité (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Satirical illustration by G. Bar in which General Trochu, wearing a crucifix, presents a paper to Adolphe Thiers. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which General Trochu, wearing a crucifix, presents a paper lettered Plan Conservé 2e. Edition revue et Corrigée to Adolphe Thiers, who holds a sheet of paper under his left arm. 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: 27.3cm
  • Width: 18.6cm
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
  • 'Actualité N.73 En Vente chez J. Grognet 16 rue des Ecoles Donnez-moi le Commandement de l'armée, j'ai conçu un plan / infaillible pour prendre Paris en 20 minutes. / Franchement, général, j'aimerais autant voir les Parisiens, se servir / de votre plan pour se defendre, nous serions plus certains / du success' (Lettered)
  • 'Plan Conservé 2e. Edition revue et Corrigée' (Lettered within design)
  • 'G. Bar' (Signed)
Gallery label
G Bar (1807-76) A joke at the expense of General Trochu's ill-fated 'plan', stressing Thiers’ lack of respect for the former Governor of Paris. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.809-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
Provenance unknown.
Subjects depicted
Men
Crucifix
Thiers, Adolphe
Trochu (General)
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.809-1962

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2009
Record URL
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