Thiers I, Roi Des Capitulards
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print in which Adolphe Thiers stands in the place of Napoleon I at the top of the Vendôme Column. He has a 'coq gaulois' tied round his chest and holds a pear bearing the features of Louis-Philippe (the last King of France) in one hand and the monarch's emblem, the umbrella, in the other. In place of the reliefs of the Napoleonic campaign of 1805 is a list of Thiers’ ‘heroic’ achievements: the massacre of the Rue Transonain in 1834, the recent capitulation of Paris and the still more recent devastation of Neuilly and Courbevoie. 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
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| Title | Thiers I, Roi Des Capitulards (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Thiers I, Roi Des Capitulards'. Satirical illustration in which Adolphe Thiers stands in the place of Napoleon I at the top of the Vendôme Column. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print in which Adolphe Thiers stands in the place of Napoleon I at the top of the Vendôme Column. He has a 'coq gaulois' tied round his chest and holds a pear bearing the features of Louis-Philippe (the last King of France) in one hand and the monarch's emblem, the umbrella, in the other. In place of the reliefs of the Napoleonic campaign of 1805 is a list of Thiers’ ‘heroic’ achievements: the massacre of the Rue Transonain in 1834, the recent capitulation of Paris and the still more recent devastation of Neuilly and Courbevoie. 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 | E D
Napoleon I’s place at the top of the Vendôme Column has been taken by Adolphe Thiers; he has a 'coq gaulois' tied round his chest and holds a pear bearing the features of Louis-Philippe in one hand and the monarch's emblem, the umbrella, in the other. In place of the reliefs of the Napoleonic campaign of 1805 is a list of Thiers’ ‘heroic’ achievements: the massacre of the Rue Transonain in 1834, the recent capitulation of Paris and the still more recent devastation of Neuilly and Courbevoie.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1302-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
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| Accession number | E.1302-1962 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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