Les Folies De La Commune
Print
1871 (printed)
1871 (printed)
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Print in which two men are shown wearing protective suits with long tubes extending from the face. The seated man wears a suit of blue, the standing man one of yellow, each have a hat. 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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| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Uniforme Contre L'Incendie Proposé Pour Les Conseilleurs Municipaux...' Satirical illustration by Amédée-Charles-Henry de Noé (Cham) in which two men are shown wearing protective suits with long tubes extending from the face. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871. |
| Physical description | Print in which two men are shown wearing protective suits with long tubes extending from the face. The seated man wears a suit of blue, the standing man one of yellow, each have a hat. 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 | "Cham" (pseudonym of Amadée Charles Henri, Count of Noë) (1819-79)
The artist suggests a way in which the communard officials can protect themselves from the fire as they burn the seat of government.
Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1782-1962(27/05/1971-10/10/1971) |
| Object history | First published in Le Charivari on 27 July 1871. Republished in the state reproduced as plate 16 from a series of 20 entitled Les Folies De La Commune'. |
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| Accession number | E.1782-1962 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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