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Les Folies De La Commune

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

Print showing an angry looking bearded man standing amidst ruins. 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

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Object type
Titles
  • Les Folies De La Commune (series title)
  • Criez donc contre la Commune! (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Criez donc contre la Commune!' Satirical illustration by Amédée-Charles-Henry de Noé (Cham) showing an angry looking bearded man standing amidst ruins. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Print showing an angry looking bearded man standing amidst ruins. 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.
DimensionsThe prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No 10 Les Folies De La Commune Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp.' (Lettered)
  • 'Criez donc contre la Commune! Elle allait la résoudre, la question des loyers!' (Lettered with caption)
  • '59 / CHAM' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1776-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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