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Les Criminels Célèbres!

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Lemaine & Fils (printer)
Baylac, Alexandre (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print depicting (clockwise from top) the Empress Eugénie as a pig, branded with the letter 'E' and a crown, Emperor Wilhelm I disembowelling the female figure of France, Count Otto von Bismarck, seated and leaning on a sword, and the Emperor Napoleon III standing by a cannon. 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
Prints
Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type
Print
TitleLes Criminels Célèbres! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
'Les Criminels Célèbres!' Satirical print depicting the Empress Eugénie, Wilhelm I, Count Otto von Bismarck and Napoleon III. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print depicting (clockwise from top) the Empress Eugénie as a pig, branded with the letter 'E' and a crown, Emperor Wilhelm I disembowelling the female figure of France, Count Otto von Bismarck, seated and leaning on a sword, and the Emperor Napoleon III standing by a cannon. 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
  • 'Les Criminels Célèbres! Métamorphosès. Plier, la Feuille en tous sens. Imp. Lemaine et fils. En Vente: chez A Baylac, Rue de Cléry 59.' (Lettered)
  • 'La Femme à qui en vent. le Jésuite Guillame. Rois Boucher. Von Bismarck mal....! Verhue - Badinguet......! (Each illustration lettered with captions)
Subjects depicted
Helmet
Uniform
Dagger
Guns
Helmet
Emperor
Pigs
Wilhelm I
Napoleon III
The Empress Eugenie
Von Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold (Count)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.453-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029449/les-criminels-célèbres-print-baylac-alexandre/
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