Le plan commode de Paris
Poster
ca. 1890s (made)
ca. 1890s (made)
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| Place of origin |
Poster advertising a small map of Paris. In the foreground is a man in a bowler hat holding the map and looking pleased, whilst a figure in the background with their vision obscured by a large unfolded map is about to be run over by charging white horses leading a carriage.
Object details
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| Title | Le plan commode de Paris (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster by Felix Vallotton advertising a pocket map of Paris entitled 'Le plan commode de Paris'. France, late 19th century. |
| Physical description | Poster advertising a small map of Paris. In the foreground is a man in a bowler hat holding the map and looking pleased, whilst a figure in the background with their vision obscured by a large unfolded map is about to be run over by charging white horses leading a carriage. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs G. R. Halkett |
| Object history | Provenance: George Roland Halkett (b. Edinburgh, 1865, d. London, 1918), political cartoonist and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette and Punch magazine. Given to the V&A by his wife, Mrs G.R. Halkett, nee Lucy Marion Lees. |
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| Accession number | E.1378-1931 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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