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Les Communeux par H. Nérac

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Jailly (printer)
Xiat, H (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print showing Louis Charles Delescluze riding on a donkey. Delescluze is shown bare-chested, a clock hanging from a ribbon round his neck and holding a lance in his right hand. In the right background is a windmill. 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
  • Les Communeux par H. Nérac (series title)
  • Le Délégué Civil - Delescluze (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Le Délégué Civil - Delescluze'. Satirical illustration by H. Xiat (H. Nérac) showing Louis Charles Delescluze riding on a donkey. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Louis Charles Delescluze riding on a donkey. Delescluze is shown bare-chested, a clock hanging from a ribbon round his neck and holding a lance in his right hand. In the right background is a windmill. 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.
Copy number
2
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No.2 Les Communeux par H. Nérac. Le Délégué Civil - Delescluze. Jailly Dessinr. Impr. Editr. 7 et 9 Rue Oberkampf. Paris. Dépôt chez Deforet et César, 64 Rue Neuve [?] des Petits Champs. Tirage special sur papier de luxe pour les amateurs Plus D'Etats-Majors Galonnés......' (Lettered)
  • 'H. Nérac' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Donkey
Windmill
Clock
Lance
Delescluze, Louis Charles
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.1448-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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