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Caricature Portrait

1904 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

1 of 24 caricature portraits of well-known men and woman in France, including Constantine, Prince Bassaraba de Brancovan; Countess Mathieu de Noailles; Jean Boldini; Paul Helleu; Grand Duke Boris of Russia; Alphonse, Baron de Rothschild; Liane de Lancy; Baron James de Rothschild; Maurice de Féraudy; Benoît Constant Coquelin; Ernest Coquelin; Albert Brasseur; Jean Sully Mounet (called Mounet-Sully); Alfred Capus; Lucien Guitry; Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac; Henri Villars (Willy); Alfred, Duke of Massa; Auguste, 2nd Duke of Morny; Count Boni de Castellane; Alberto Santos-Dumont. In a portfolio. Signed 'Sem'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, coloured by hand
Brief description
Georges Goursat (Sem). One of 24 caricatures of celebrities and public figures, French, 1904. Contained in a portfolio.
Physical description
1 of 24 caricature portraits of well-known men and woman in France, including Constantine, Prince Bassaraba de Brancovan; Countess Mathieu de Noailles; Jean Boldini; Paul Helleu; Grand Duke Boris of Russia; Alphonse, Baron de Rothschild; Liane de Lancy; Baron James de Rothschild; Maurice de Féraudy; Benoît Constant Coquelin; Ernest Coquelin; Albert Brasseur; Jean Sully Mounet (called Mounet-Sully); Alfred Capus; Lucien Guitry; Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac; Henri Villars (Willy); Alfred, Duke of Massa; Auguste, 2nd Duke of Morny; Count Boni de Castellane; Alberto Santos-Dumont. In a portfolio. Signed 'Sem'.
Marks and inscriptions
'Sem' (Signed)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.149-1953

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