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Les Peuples sont Égaux Sous Le Pressoir

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

Satirical print showing the German emperor Wilhelm I and the French emperor Napoleon III turning a press in which human bodies are being crushed. Blood pours from a spout and into a bucket on the ground. 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 Peuples sont Égaux Sous Le Pressoir (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
'Les Peuples sont Égaux Sous Le Pressoir'. Satirical illustration showing the German emperor Wilhelm I and the French emperor Napoleon III turning a press in which human bodies are being crushed. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing the German emperor Wilhelm I and the French emperor Napoleon III turning a press in which human bodies are being crushed. Blood pours from a spout and into a bucket on the ground. 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
  • 'Vendanges Imperiales et Royales, / Suc.té Badhing-Guillaume et Cie.' (Lettered within the design)
  • 'Imp. Lemaine & Fils Jre. En Vente rue du Cléry, 61, au 2me Les Peuples sont Égaux Sous Le Pressoir' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Press
Bucket
Emperors
Uniform
Corpses
Wilhelm I
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.855-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029522/les-peuples-sont-égaux-sous-print-unknown/
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