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Le Départ De La Commune

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print in which Death rides on a horse through the burning streets of Paris. 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
Object type
TitleLe Départ De La Commune (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Départ De La Commune' Satirical illustration by Ed Renaux in which Death rides on a horse through the burning streets of Paris. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Print in which Death rides on a horse through the burning streets of Paris. 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: 37.4cm
  • Width: 26cm
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
  • 'Deforet & César, Editeurs, R. Nve. des Petits-Champs, 64. Lith. Barousse, à Paris. Le Départ De La Commune.' (Title, lettered below design.)
  • 'Marcia' (Signed)
Gallery label
Ed. Renaux "Marcia" As the communards retreated they set buildings on fire. At first, only those which jeopardized the Commune's defence were fired. But within hours of the first fire in the Rue Royale the attitude of the desperate communards had become more vindictive. Buildings, such as the Tuileries Palace, which were symbolic of the abominated past were set alight. The weather was warm and dry with a strong wind which spread the blaze until all Paris appeared to be in flames. Large parts of the Palais-Royale, the Palais de Justice, the Prefecture of the Police, the Légion d'Honneur, the Conseil d'Etat and the Hôtel de Ville were burnt and whole sections of the Rue de Rivoli were gutted; the Louvre only just escaped. Lithograph and colour stencil. E.1905-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Object history
Provenance unknown.
Subjects depicted
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
Accession number
E.1905-1962

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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