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Les Folies De La Commune

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

Print in which two bearded men are shown standing before the ruins of buildings. 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 Folies De La Commune (series title)
  • Je me porte aux élections (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Je me porte aux élections'...' Satirical illustration by Amédée-Charles-Henry de Noé (Cham) in which two bearded men are shown standing before the ruins of buildings. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Print in which two bearded men are shown standing before the ruins of buildings. 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 6 Les Folies De La Commune Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp.' (Lettere)
  • '-Je me porte aux élections. / -Voulez-vous des affiches sur les murs? / -Elles masqueraient mon programme.' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'CHAM / 53' (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.1772-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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