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Les Signes du Zodiaque par Nérac

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print showing two winged female figures with the feet of birds. The figures are linking arms and hold flaming torches. The figure on the left wears the helmet of a Prussian soldier; the figure on the right wears a cap lettered 'La Commune'. 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

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Les Signes du Zodiaque par Nérac (series title)
  • Fréres Siamois De La Déstruction (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Fréres Siamois De La Déstruction'. Satirical illustration by H. Xiat (H. Nérac) showing two winged female figures with the feet of birds. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing two winged female figures with the feet of birds. The figures are linking arms and hold flaming torches. The figure on the left wears the helmet of a Prussian soldier; the figure on the right wears a cap lettered 'La Commune'. 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.5 Les Signes du Zodiaque par Nérac. Les Gémeaux. Deforét et César, Edit. R. Nve. des Petits-Champs 64. Lith. Barousse, à Paris. Fréres Siamois De La Déstruction.' (Lettered)
  • 'H. Nérac' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Other number
5
Collection
Accession number
E.1492-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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