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Le Sire de Fish-Ton-Kan

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

Satirical print depicting the Emperor Napoleon III sitting on a horse made out of folded paper, wearing uniform and holding a sword in his right hand. 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
TitleLe Sire de Fish-Ton-Kan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Le Sire de Fish-Ton-Kan'. Satirical illustration by Faustin Betbeder depicting the Emperor Napoleon III sitting on a horse made out of folded paper. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print depicting the Emperor Napoleon III sitting on a horse made out of folded paper, wearing uniform and holding a sword in his right hand. 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
  • 'Le Sire de Fish-Ton-Kan Lith. Lemaine et Fils, 61, r. de Cléry En Vente ch. Duclaux, 24, pl. du Ch-d'Eau Dépot ch, Madre, 20 R. de Croissant A Cheval sur son Dada[?]' (Lettered)
  • 'Faustin' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Uniform
Sword
Medals
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.343-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029588/le-sire-de-fish-ton-print-betbeder-faustin/
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