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Entre diplomates

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Betbeder, Faustin (caricaturist)
Place of origin
France (printed)

'Entre diplomates'; Lithograph, coloured by hand; Adolphe Thiers, branded with the fleur-de-lys, is shown having 'obscene relations' with Count von Bismarck. Signed Faustin.
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
TitleEntre diplomates (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Paris Commune print; 'Entre diplomates' Lithograph, coloured by hand; Adolphe Thiers, branded with the fleur-de-lys, is shown having 'obscene relations' with Count von Bismarck; Betbeder, Faustin ('Faustin'); 1871.
Physical description
'Entre diplomates'; Lithograph, coloured by hand; Adolphe Thiers, branded with the fleur-de-lys, is shown having 'obscene relations' with Count von Bismarck. Signed Faustin.
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: 29.2cm
  • Width: 21.6cm
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
  • Entre diplomates (Title, lettered above design.)
  • Embrassons-nous et que tout çâ finisse ! ... (Lettered below design.)
  • Lith. Lemaine et Fils, rue de Cléry, 61. / chez Duclaux 21. Place du château d'eau (Lettered below design.)
  • Faustin (Signed bottom-right of design.)
  • (Most prints in this set are lettered with the names of artists and printers and have captions)
Gallery label
"Faustin" (pseudonym of Faustin Betbeder) (born 1847) Thiers, again branded with the fleur-de-lys, with Bismarck. Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.2276-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
Provenance unknown.
Subjects depicted
Caricature
Men
Spectacles
Eyeglasses
Thiers, Adolphe
Von Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold (Count)
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.2276-1962

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
Record URL
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