Joli cadeau fait à la Prusse!
Print
1870-1871 (printed)
1870-1871 (printed)
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Satirical print showing Napoleon III with bare feet and torn clothes, holding a bottle of alcohol in his right hand and with a dishevelled appearance. On his head he wears a crown of laurels. The emperor is sitting on a map, his heels on the Rhine river. In the top right corner a hand holding a pair of tongs lifts him by the shirt. 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
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| Title | Joli cadeau fait à la Prusse! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Joli cadeau fait à la Prusse!' Satirical illustration by Moloch showing a dishevelled Napoleon III lifted by a pair of tongs. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871. |
| Physical description | Satirical print showing Napoleon III with bare feet and torn clothes, holding a bottle of alcohol in his right hand and with a dishevelled appearance. On his head he wears a crown of laurels. The emperor is sitting on a map, his heels on the Rhine river. In the top right corner a hand holding a pair of tongs lifts him by the shirt. 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. |
| Dimensions | The prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. |
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| Accession number | E.376-1962 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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