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Earl of Carnarvon. (Secretary of State for the Colonies)

Print
June 1874 (made)
Artist/Maker
Betbeder, Faustin (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Caricature portrait by Faustin Betbeder designed using colour lithograph process, from 'The London Sketch Book', June 1874. Signed 'Faustin' and lettered with name, title of publication and date etc.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleEarl of Carnarvon. (Secretary of State for the Colonies) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithography
Brief description
Caricature portrait of the 'Earl of Carnarvon. (Secretary of State for the Colonies)' by 'Faustin', (pseudonym of Faustin Betbeder) (born 1847). One of a series of eight plates of ministers in the Government of Benjamin Disraeli, from 'The London Sketch Book', an illustrated newspaper and magazine, June 1874.
Physical description
Caricature portrait by Faustin Betbeder designed using colour lithograph process, from 'The London Sketch Book', June 1874. Signed 'Faustin' and lettered with name, title of publication and date etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
  • Width: 7.6cm
Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions
'Faustin.' (Signed Lettered with name, title of publication, date etc.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Lillian Harrison
Subjects depicted
Caricature
Satire
Government
Association
Disraeli, Benjamin
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.541-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O697244/earl-of-carnarvon-secretary-of-print-betbeder-faustin/
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