Les Assassins
Print
26/04/1871 (published)
26/04/1871 (published)
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Front page of the newspaper 'La Fronde Illustrée', with an illustration depicting Adolphe Thiers and Jules Favre standing, bathed in blood and looking down at the dead body of a soldier, as the Republic raises her sword behind them. 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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Title | Les Assassins (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured process engraving on paper |
Brief description | 'Les Assassins'. Satirical illustration by George Montbard depicting Adolphe Thiers and Jules Favre standing and looking down at the dead body of a soldier. Front page of the newspaper 'La Fronde Illustrée', Thursday, 27 April 1871. Hand-coloured process engraving, 1871. |
Physical description | Front page of the newspaper 'La Fronde Illustrée', with an illustration depicting Adolphe Thiers and Jules Favre standing, bathed in blood and looking down at the dead body of a soldier, as the Republic raises her sword behind them. 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 | After Montbard (pseudonym of Charles Auguste Loye) (1841-1905)
Thiers and Favre stand bathed in blood as the Republic raises her sword to administer justice.
Process-engraving by Lefman.
Coloured by hand. E.2218-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
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Accession number | E.2218-1962 |
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Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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