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Nos Grrrands Généraux

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

Satirical print showing Giuseppe Garibaldi holding a broom and sweeping away a helmet, crown and the head of the French emperor Napoleon III. In the left background is a pile of rubble with a flag lettered 'Vive La République Universalle'. 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
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Nos Grrrands Généraux (series title)
  • Garibaldi. Un général pout de bon celui - la (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Garibaldi. Un général pout de bon celui - la'. Satirical illustration by Faustin Betbeder showing Giuseppe Garibaldi holding a broom and sweeping away a helmet, crown and the head of the French emperor Napoleon III. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Giuseppe Garibaldi holding a broom and sweeping away a helmet, crown and the head of the French emperor Napoleon III. In the left background is a pile of rubble with a flag lettered 'Vive La République Universalle'. 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
  • 'Nos Grrrands Généraux No.3. Lith. Lemaine et Fils, 61, r. de Cléry En Vente ch. Duclaux, 21, pl. du Ch d'Eau Dépôt ch. Madre, 20, r. de Croissant Garibaldi Un général pout de bon celui - la' (Lettered)
  • 'Faustin' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Sword
Rubble
Emperor
Crown
Helmet
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Napoleon III
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.991-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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